WoRMS taxon details
Helix Linnaeus, 1758
153970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153970)
accepted
Genus
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Callunea Scudder, 1882 · unaccepted
Cochlea Da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Coenatoria Held, 1838 · unaccepted
Cunula Pallary, 1936 · unaccepted
Glischrus S. Studer, 1820 · unaccepted
Glischrus (Helix) Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Helicigona (Helix) Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helicites W. Martin, 1809 † · unaccepted (Established for fossils of Helix...)
Established for fossils of Helix to distinguish them from extant members of that taxon. Invalid: available only for the purposes of the Principle of Homonymy (Art. 20)
Helicogena A. Férussac, 1821 · unaccepted
Helix (Helicogena) A. Férussac, 1821 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Helix) Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Helix (Helocogena) [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Helix (Naegelea) P. Hesse, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Pelasga) P. Hesse, 1908 · alternative representation
Helix (Physospira) C. R. Boettger, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Pomatia) H. Beck, 1837 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Pomatia Röding, 1798; and junior objective synonym of Helix
Helix (Tyrrhenaria) P. Hesse, 1918 · unaccepted (original rank)
Megastoma Scudder, 1882 · unaccepted
Naegelea P. Hesse, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pachyphallus P. Hesse, 1918 · unaccepted
Pentataenia A. Schmidt, 1855 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Physospira C. R. Boettger, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pomatia Beck, 1837 · unaccepted
Pomatia (Naegelea) P. Hesse, 1918 · alternative representation
Pomatiana Fagot, 1903 · unaccepted
Pomatiella Pallary, 1909 · unaccepted
Pseudofigulina P. Hesse, 1917 · unaccepted (invalid; unnecessary substitute name)
Rhododerma P. Hesse, 1918 · unaccepted
Tacheopsis C. R. Boettger, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tammouzia Pallary, 1939 · unaccepted
Tyrrhenaria P. Hesse, 1918 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Helix (Atlasica) Pallary, 1917 accepted as Loxana Pallary, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Helix afra Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Pedipes pedipes (Bruguière, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Helix ambigua Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Helix balthica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ampullaceana balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Helix canalis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Helix coccinea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Littoraria coccinea (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Helix corallina Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832) (unavailable name [published in a work that is not considered binominal])
- Species Helix coriacea Pallas, 1788 accepted as Velutina coriacea (Pallas, 1788) (original combination)
- Species Helix crenata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Amphibola crenata (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Helix decussata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
- Species Helix depressa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Skeneopsis planorbis (O. Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
- Species Helix eburnea Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (original combination)
- Species Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800 accepted as Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Helix flavocincta Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Helix fulgidus J. Adams, 1797 accepted as Eatonina fulgida (J. Adams, 1797)
- Species Helix glabrata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Pisinna glabrata (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
- Species Helix haliotoidea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Helix hylephila A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Streptaxis hylephilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Helix innominata Gray, 1825 accepted as Caseolus innominatus (Gray, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Helix janthina Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym and homonym)
- Species Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Helix johnii Holten, 1802 accepted as Recluzia johnii (Holten, 1802) (superseded combination)
- Species Helix kompsa Mabille, 1883 accepted as Canaridiscus kompsus (Mabille, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Helix labiosa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800) (synonym)
- Species Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803 accepted as Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828) accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Helix margarita Montagu, 1808 accepted as Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774) (synonym)
- Species Helix mespillum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Echinolittorina mespillum (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (basionym)
- Species Helix mingrelica P. Hesse, 1918 accepted as Jasonella mingrelica (P. Hesse, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Helix neritoidea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Helix neritoidea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Marsenia perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
- Species Helix nucleus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Helix nutans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Vitreobalcis nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) (original combination)
- Species Helix otis W. Turton, 1819 accepted as Otina ovata (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Helix otis [Lightfoot], 1786; Otina turtoni Locard, 1886 is a replacement name)
- Species Helix paradoxa Born, 1780 accepted as Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1780) (original combination)
- Species Helix perspicua Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Marsenia perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Helix petraea Montagu, 1803 accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Helix phasianus Röding, 1798 accepted as Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior objective synonym)
- Species Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Helix pseudoplanorbis Lubomirski, 1880 accepted as Systrophia pseudoplanorbis (Lubomirski, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
- Species Helix scabra Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Helix serpuloides Montagu, 1808 accepted as Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Helix solida Born, 1778 accepted as Phasianella solida (Born, 1778) (superseded combination)
- Species Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Eupaludestrina stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) (junior homonym of Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758; synonym)
- Species Helix stagnorum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Eupaludestrina stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
- Species Helix subcylindrica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Helix sulphurea C. B. Adams, 1849 accepted as Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853) (Synonym - Not available)
- Species Helix terebella O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Helix trumbulli Linsley, 1845 accepted as Skeneopsis planorbis (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Helix variabilis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Rissoa variabilis (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
- Species Helix jeannotiana Terver, 1839 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Helix laevigata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Velutina laevigata (Linnaeus, 1767) (uncertain > nomen dubium, original combination)
- Species Helix octona Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Helix unispiralis Montagu, 1803 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Glischrus S. Studer, 1820) Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83-90; (12): 91-94. Bern [1 May; 1 June]. [reprinted as a separate work under the title: Systematisches Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Schweizer-Conchylien. Bern (Stämpfli: 32 pp. > 5 April)]
page(s): 11 (reprint) [details]
original description (of Coenatoria Held, 1838) Held, F. (1837-1838). Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. Isis (Oken), 30 (4): 303-309 (1837); 30 (12): 901-919 (1838). Leipzig., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27411580
page(s): 910 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pelasga) P. Hesse, 1908) Hesse, P. (1908). Kritische Fragmente. IV. Berichtigung einiger Namen. V. <i>Helix berytensis</i> Fér. und <i>fourousi</i> Bgt. VI. Bemerkungen über das Genus <i>Theba</i> Risso (<i>Carthusiana</i> Kob.). VI. Das Genus <i>Helix</i> Lam., s. str. (<i>Helicogena</i> Fér.). <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 40(3): 131-141. Frankfurt am Main [18 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107358
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Cochlea Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Pseudofigulina P. Hesse, 1917) Hesse P. (1917). Kritische Fragmente. XVIII. Nochmals Nomenklaturfragen. XVIII. Ein neues Subgenus von Acme. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 49 (3): 122-124. Frankfurt am Main [2 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35619258
page(s): 123; note: unnecessary replacement name for Pelasga P. Hesse, 1908, not a junior homonym of Pelasgis Ragonot, 1890 [details]
original description (of Helicites W. Martin, 1809 †) Martin W. (1809). Petrificata Derbiensia; Or, Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions Collected in Derbyshire. <em>Wigan (D. Lyon, UK).</em> 1: 1-28, pls.1-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51290649 [details]
original description (of Helix (Physospira) C. R. Boettger, 1914) Boettger, C. R. (1914). Zur Kenntnis der Landschneckengattung <i>Cepaea</i> Held. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 46 (3): 97-127, pl. 3. Frankfurt am Main [10 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15105226
page(s): 103 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pomatia) H. Beck, 1837) Beck, H. (1837-1838). <i>Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici</i>. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058074
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Helix (Tyrrhenaria) P. Hesse, 1918) Hesse, P. (1918). Kritische Fragmente. XIX. <i>Helix jasonis</i> Dubois. XX. <i>Helix genezarethana</i> Mss. XXI. Die Subfamilien Murellinae und Helicinae (<i>Pentataenia</i> Ad. Schmidt). <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 50(1): 34-40. Frankfurt am Main [19 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35618480
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Helix (Naegelea) P. Hesse, 1918) Hesse, P. (1918). Kritische Fragmente. XIX. <i>Helix jasonis</i> Dubois. XX. <i>Helix genezarethana</i> Mss. XXI. Die Subfamilien Murellinae und Helicinae (<i>Pentataenia</i> Ad. Schmidt). <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 50(1): 34-40. Frankfurt am Main [19 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35618480
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Korábek O., Petrusek A., Neubert E. & Juřičková L. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the genus <i>Helix</i> (Pulmonata: Helicidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 44(3): 263-280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12101 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1-200. Bern [5 December]. [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 231 [details]
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Glischrus S. Studer, 1820) Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83-90; (12): 91-94. Bern [1 May; 1 June]. [reprinted as a separate work under the title: Systematisches Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Schweizer-Conchylien. Bern (Stämpfli: 32 pp. > 5 April)]
page(s): 11 (reprint) [details]
original description (of Coenatoria Held, 1838) Held, F. (1837-1838). Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. Isis (Oken), 30 (4): 303-309 (1837); 30 (12): 901-919 (1838). Leipzig., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27411580
page(s): 910 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pelasga) P. Hesse, 1908) Hesse, P. (1908). Kritische Fragmente. IV. Berichtigung einiger Namen. V. <i>Helix berytensis</i> Fér. und <i>fourousi</i> Bgt. VI. Bemerkungen über das Genus <i>Theba</i> Risso (<i>Carthusiana</i> Kob.). VI. Das Genus <i>Helix</i> Lam., s. str. (<i>Helicogena</i> Fér.). <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 40(3): 131-141. Frankfurt am Main [18 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107358
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Cochlea Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Pseudofigulina P. Hesse, 1917) Hesse P. (1917). Kritische Fragmente. XVIII. Nochmals Nomenklaturfragen. XVIII. Ein neues Subgenus von Acme. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 49 (3): 122-124. Frankfurt am Main [2 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35619258
page(s): 123; note: unnecessary replacement name for Pelasga P. Hesse, 1908, not a junior homonym of Pelasgis Ragonot, 1890 [details]
original description (of Helicites W. Martin, 1809 †) Martin W. (1809). Petrificata Derbiensia; Or, Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions Collected in Derbyshire. <em>Wigan (D. Lyon, UK).</em> 1: 1-28, pls.1-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51290649 [details]
original description (of Helix (Physospira) C. R. Boettger, 1914) Boettger, C. R. (1914). Zur Kenntnis der Landschneckengattung <i>Cepaea</i> Held. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 46 (3): 97-127, pl. 3. Frankfurt am Main [10 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15105226
page(s): 103 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pomatia) H. Beck, 1837) Beck, H. (1837-1838). <i>Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici</i>. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058074
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Helix (Tyrrhenaria) P. Hesse, 1918) Hesse, P. (1918). Kritische Fragmente. XIX. <i>Helix jasonis</i> Dubois. XX. <i>Helix genezarethana</i> Mss. XXI. Die Subfamilien Murellinae und Helicinae (<i>Pentataenia</i> Ad. Schmidt). <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 50(1): 34-40. Frankfurt am Main [19 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35618480
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Helix (Naegelea) P. Hesse, 1918) Hesse, P. (1918). Kritische Fragmente. XIX. <i>Helix jasonis</i> Dubois. XX. <i>Helix genezarethana</i> Mss. XXI. Die Subfamilien Murellinae und Helicinae (<i>Pentataenia</i> Ad. Schmidt). <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 50(1): 34-40. Frankfurt am Main [19 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35618480
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Korábek O., Petrusek A., Neubert E. & Juřičková L. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the genus <i>Helix</i> (Pulmonata: Helicidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 44(3): 263-280., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12101 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1-200. Bern [5 December]. [details] Available for editors
[request] subsequent type designation Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 231 [details]
