Helicopsis

Helicopsis
	Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Helicopsis striata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Helicopsis; Fitzinger, 1833
Type species
	Helix striata; O. F. Müller, 1774
Diversity
	about 9 species
Synonyms
	Costatella M. Kimakowicz, 1890; Helicella (Striatella) Westerlund, 1876 (junior objective synonym); Helicopsis (Helicopsis) Fitzinger, 1833· accepted, alternate representation; Heliocopsis Fitzinger, 1833 (incorrect subsequent spelling); Martha A. J. Wagner, 1914 (junior synonym); Striatella Westerlund, 1876; Striatinella Clessin, 1876;

Helicopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.

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