suborder
Helicina
Helicina
Field notes
Helicina is a suborder of land gastropods which consists of former members of the informal group Sigmurethra which were proven to make a clade. It encompasses the following infraorders along with a collection of families with no superfamily:
Suborder Helicina ("Non-Achatinoid Clade")
Infraorder Arionoidei
Infraorder Clausilioidei
Infraorder Helicoidei: formed from Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815 and Sagdoidea Pilsbry, 1895
Infraorder Limacoidei: formed from original limacoid clade
Infraorder Oleacinoidei
Oleacinoidea: formed from original Testacelloidea but with the family Testacellidae excluded;
Haplotrematoidea: formed from original Rhytidoidea and Haplotrematidae
Infraorder Orthalicoidei
Infraorder Pupilloidei (Orthurethra)
Infraorder Rhytidoidei: formed by Rhytidoidea merging with contents from Acavoidea.
Infraorder Succineoidei (Elasmognatha)
Infraorder Helicina (temporary name)
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native Helicina All
Native to the US, by observations.
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White-lipped Snail
Cepaea hortensis
23,247 observations
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Button's Banana Slug
Ariolimax buttoni
17,044 observations
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Pacific Sideband
Monadenia fidelis
13,902 observations
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Meadow Slug
Deroceras laeve
13,467 observations
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Changeable Mantleslug Megapallifera mutabilis 11,412 observations
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White-lip Globe Snail
Mesodon thyroidus
10,527 observations
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Slender Banana Slug
Ariolimax dolichophallus
7,543 observations
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Oval Ambersnail
Novisuccinea ovalis
7,436 observations
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Carolina Mantleslug
Philomycus carolinianus
7,260 observations
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Rosy Wolfsnail
Euglandina rosea
7,046 observations
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California Banana Slug
Ariolimax californicus
6,701 observations
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Southern Flatcoil
Polygyra cereolus
6,466 observations
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Glossy Pillar
Cochlicopa lubrica
5,626 observations
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Robust Lancetooth Snail
Haplotrema vancouverense
5,485 observations
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Reticulate Taildropper
Prophysaon andersonii
5,180 observations