Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.
Distribution The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, India, south-eastern Asia, Hawaii, and Australia.
Anatomy Species of snails within this family make and use love darts made of chitin.
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 30 (according to the values in this table).
Taxonomy The family Helicarionidae is nested within the limacoid clade, as shown in the following cladogram :Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. , JSTOR.
Genera The following genera are recognised in the family Helicarionidae: Subfamily Helicarioninae
Amenixesta Antiquarion Attenborougharion Bathia Brevisentis Burnettia Caldwellia Chalepotaxis Colmanarion Ctenoglypta Ctenophila Cucullarion Dancea Delinitesta Dendrolamellaria Dendronitor Dupontia Echonitor Eddiella Einasleighana Elatonitor Ellarion Epiglypta Erepta Eufretum Expocystis Fastosarion Fenestrarion Fijia Gudeoconcha Harmogenanina Helicarion Howearion Irenella Kalidos Laconia Laocaia Levidens Limpidarion Luinarion Mistarion Montanocystis Mysticarion Nesonanina Nitor Pachystyla Palmervillea Parmacochlea Parmavitrina Parmella Parmellops Peloparion Periclocystis Petalochlamys Plegma Pravonitor Pseudophasis Pseudosaphtia Pseudosesara Quirosella Saphtia Sheaia Sigaloeista Sitalarion Stanisicarion Tarocystis Thularion Torrecystis Tropicystis Urazirochlamys Vanmolia Westracystis Zagmena
Subfamily Durgellinae Godwin-Austen, 1888
tribe Durgellini Godwin-Austen, 1888 Aenigmatoconcha C. Tumpeesuwan & S. Tumpeesuwan, 2017 Austenia G. Nevill, 1878 Cryptaustenia Cockerell, 1891 Durgella Blanford, 1863 - type genus of the subfamily Durgellinae Eurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899 Holkeion Godwin-Austen, 1908 Ibycus Heynemann, 1863 Muangnua Solem, 1966 Nesaecia Gude, 1911 Pseudaustenia Cockerell, 1891 Rasama Laidlaw, 1932 Rhyssotopsis Ancey, 1887 Rotungia Godwin-Austen, 1918 Satiella W. T. Blanford & Godwin-Austen, 1908 Sitala H. Adams, 1865 Sivella W.T. Blanford, 1863 Sophina Benson, 1859 Teraia Solem, 1966 tribe Girasiini Girasia Gray, 1855 - type genus of the tribe Girasiini Burmochlamys Pholyotha & Panha, 2022
Unplaced genera Advena Gude, 1913 Apothapsia D. T. Holyoak & G. A. Holyoak, 2020 Kermarion Iredale, 1944 Ovachlamys Habe, 1946 Pittoconcha Preston, 1913 Ubiquitarion Hyman, Lamborena & Köhler, 2017
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Video of a Helicarionid in Sulawesi