Thalassohelix

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Thalassohelix
Shell of Thalassohelix antipoda (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Thalassohelix
Pilsbry, 1892
Type species
Helix zelandiae
Gray, 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892
  • Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892

Thalassohelix is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Therasiinae of the family Charopidae.[1]

Species[edit]

Synonyms
  • Thalassohelix minuta N. W. Gardner, 1967 accepted as Laomarex minuta (N. W. Gardner, 1967)
  • Thalassohelix propinqua (F. W. Hutton, 1882) accepted as Therasia propinqua (F. W. Hutton, 1882)
  • Thalassohelix prousei Powell, 1952 accepted as Phacussa prousei (Powell, 1952)
  • Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913 accepted as Phrixgnathus celia F. W. Hutton, 1883
  • Thalassohelix regia N. W. Gardner, 1968 accepted as Laomarex regia (N. W. Gardner, 1968)
  • Thalassohelix translucens Gabriel, 1934 accepted as Mulathena fordei (Brazier, 1871) (junior synonym)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Thalassohelix". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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