Biology:Helicinoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of gastropods

Helicinoidea
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Alcadia conuloides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Férussac, 1822
Genera

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Helicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the superfamily Neritoidea and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwater nerites.

Taxonomy

The following families are within according to the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3129711 entry