Helicarionidae

Taxobox
name = Helicarionidae


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
superfamilia = Helicarionoidea
familia = Helicarionidae

Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora. [cite journal
author = Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P.
year = 2005
date=
title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
journal = Malacologia
volume =47
issue = 1-2
pages = 1–397
issn =
doi = ]

Species of snails within this family make and use love darts made of chitin.

Taxonomy

The Helicarionidae family is classified within the "Limacoid clade", itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

The family Helicarionidae consists of the following subfamilies:

Genera

* "Parmarion"

For genera see

References