Helicodontidae (also known as Cheese snails) is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887087 on 2021-02-01
Subfamilies and genera
There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.
The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.
Subfamily Helicodontinae Kobelt, 1904 - synonym: Gonostomatinae Kobelt, 1904, Drepanostomatini Schileyko, 1991 Atenia Gittenberger, 1968 Darderia Altaba, 2006 Drepanostoma Porro, 1836 Falkneria H. Nordsieck, 1989 Helicodonta Férussac, 1821 Soosia Hesse, 1918 Subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978 Lindholmiola Hesse, 1931
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