Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871104 on 2021-02-01
Anatomy These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species Species within the genus Helicigona include: Helicigona kaeufeli Knipper, 1939 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum) Helicigona korabensis Subai, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum) Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758) Fossil species † Helicigona atava Wenz, 1927 † Helicigona chaignoni (Locard, 1883) † Helicigona planata H. Binder, 2002 † Helicigona schwarzbachi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 † Helicigona wenzi Soós, 1934
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