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Helix Linnaeus, 1758

Helix pomatia
Helix pomatia

153970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153970)

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  1. Species Helix laevigata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Velutina laevigata (Linnaeus, 1767) (uncertain > nomen dubium, original combination)
  2. Species Helix afra Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Pedipes pedipes (Bruguière, 1789) (synonym)
  3. Species Helix ambigua Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  4. Species Helix depressa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Skeneopsis planorbis (O. Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
  5. Species Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800 accepted as Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
  6. Species Helix fulgidus J. Adams, 1797 accepted as Eatonina fulgida (J. Adams, 1797)
  7. Species Helix glabrata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Pisinna glabrata (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
  8. Species Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  9. Species Helix labiosa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800) (synonym)
  10. Species Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803 accepted as Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
  11. Species Helix littorina Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828) accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  12. Species Helix margarita Montagu, 1808 accepted as Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774) (synonym)
  13. Species Helix neritoidea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Marsenia perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
  14. 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)
  15. Species Helix perspicua Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Marsenia perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  16. Species Helix petraea Montagu, 1803 accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  17. Species Helix serpuloides Montagu, 1808 accepted as Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Helix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  19. Species Helix stagnorum Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Eupaludestrina stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
  20. Species Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
  21. Species Helix subcylindrica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  22. Species Helix variabilis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 accepted as Rissoa variabilis (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153970 on 2026-09-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Helix Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153970 on 2026-09-14
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2005-04-16 10:28:02Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-13 19:02:27Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-08-25 14:19:53Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2017-01-12 08:06:05Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2017-04-25 07:58:35Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-06-15 07:03:19Z
changed
Bank, Ruud
2019-08-19 20:01:45Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2020-03-04 07:02:03Z
changed
Köhler, Frank

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 768 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Korábek O., Petrusek A., Neubert E. & Juricková 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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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] 
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