Helicarionoidea Explained

Helicarionoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Limacoidei.

Families

There are three families within the superfamily Helicarionoidea:

• Helicarionidae
• Ariophantidae
• Urocyclidae

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:^[1]

Genera

Genera of helicarionoids unassigned to families include:

• Pseudosaphtia de Winter, 2008^[2]
• Saphtia de Winter, 2008^[2]
• Vanmolia de Winter, 2008^[2]

Notes and References

1. Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390., JSTOR.
2. de Winter A. J.. Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Zoologische Mededelingen. 2008. 82.