WoRMS taxon details
Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833
934023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:934023)
accepted
Genus
Helix striata O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by monotypy)
Helicella (Helicopsis) Fitzinger, 1833 · unaccepted
Helicella (Striatella) Westerlund, 1876 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Helicopsis (Helicopsis) Fitzinger, 1833 · alternative representation
Heliocopsis Fitzinger, 1833 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Martha A. J. Wagner, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)
Striatella Westerlund, 1876 · unaccepted
Striatinella Clessin, 1876 · unaccepted
Xerophila (Costatella) M. Kimakowicz, 1890 · unaccepted
- Species Helicopsis aelleni Hausdorf, 2006
- Species Helicopsis anflousiana (Pallary, 1913)
- Species Helicopsis austriaca E. Gittenberger, 1969
- Species Helicopsis carrossei (Pallary, 1936)
- Species Helicopsis cereoflava (M. Bielz, 1851)
- Species Helicopsis cypriola (Westerlund, 1889)
- Species Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833)
- Species Helicopsis gittenbergeri Hausdorf, 1990
- Species Helicopsis hungarica (Soós & H. Wagner, 1935)
- Species Helicopsis larbiana (Pallary, 1928)
- Species Helicopsis likharevi Schileyko, 1978
- Species Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833)
- Species Helicopsis persica Hausdorf & Bössneck, 2016
- Species Helicopsis renati (Dautzenberg, 1894)
- Species Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Helicopsis subcalcarata (Nägele, 1903)
- Species Helicopsis teboudensis (Pallary, 1928)
- Species Helicopsis welschi (Pallary, 1899)
- Subgenus Helicopsis (Xeropicta) Monterosato, 1892 accepted as Xeropicta Monterosato, 1892 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Helicopsis (Xeropicta) guimeti (Bourguignat, 1876) accepted as Xeropicta guimeti (Bourguignat, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Helicopsis (Xeropicta) smyrnocretica (Germain, 1933) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Helicopsis altenai Gasull, 1974 accepted as Xerotricha vatonniana (Bourguignat, 1867) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis arenosa (Krynicki, 1836) accepted as Helicopsis filimargo arenosa (Krynicki, 1836) accepted as Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833)
- Species Helicopsis gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) accepted as Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (chresonym)
- Species Helicopsis instabilis (Rossmässler, 1838) accepted as Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis luganica Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis martynovi Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis murcica (A. Schmidt, 1854) accepted as Xerocrassa subrogata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) (invalid; based on a preoccupied original name)
- Species Helicopsis paulhessei (Lindholm, 1936) accepted as Helicopsis filimargo filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) accepted as Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis retowskii (Clessin, 1883) accepted as Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis subfilimargo Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Species Helicopsis tabulae Chaper, 1855 accepted as Lyrocystis perplicata (W. H. Benson, 1851) (synonym)
- Subgenus Helicopsis (Helicopsis) Fitzinger, 1833 represented as Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833
- Species Helicopsis (Helicopsis) austriaca E. Gittenberger, 1969 accepted as Helicopsis austriaca E. Gittenberger, 1969 (basionym)
- Species Helicopsis (Helicopsis) cereoflava (M. Bielz, 1851) accepted as Helicopsis cereoflava (M. Bielz, 1851)
- Species Helicopsis (Helicopsis) striata (O. F. Müller, 1774) accepted as Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Helicopsis glandula H. Beck, 1838 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Helicopsis major H. Beck, 1838 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10601570
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934023 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10601570
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Martha A. J. Wagner, 1914) Sturany, R. & Wagner, A. J. (1914). Über schalentragende Landmollusken aus Albanien und Nachbargebieten. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 91: 19-138, pl. 1-18, 1 Karte; Wien.
page(s): 34, 87, 110 [details]
original description (of Xerophila (Costatella) M. Kimakowicz, 1890) Kimakowicz, M. von (1890). Beitrag zur Molluskenfauna Siebenbürgens, II. Nachtrag. Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften, 40: 1-113. Hermannstadt., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33653868
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Martha A. J. Wagner, 1914) Sturany, R. & Wagner, A. J. (1914). Über schalentragende Landmollusken aus Albanien und Nachbargebieten. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 91: 19-138, pl. 1-18, 1 Karte; Wien.
page(s): 34, 87, 110 [details]
original description (of Xerophila (Costatella) M. Kimakowicz, 1890) Kimakowicz, M. von (1890). Beitrag zur Molluskenfauna Siebenbürgens, II. Nachtrag. Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften, 40: 1-113. Hermannstadt., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33653868
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Balashov, I. A., Neiber, M. T. & Hausdorf, B. (2021). Phylogeny, species delimitation and population structure of the steppe-inhabiting land snail genus Helicopsis in Eastern Europe. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 193(3): 1108–1125 [electronic preprint December 2020]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa156 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors
