Helicostyla ticaonica is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Helicostyla ticaonica iloilana M. Smith, 1932
- Helicostyla ticaonica ticaonica (Broderip, 1841)
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Helicostyla ticaonica |
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A shell of Helicostyla ticaonica on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Mollusca |
Class: |
Gastropoda |
Order: |
Stylommatophora |
Family: |
Camaenidae |
Genus: |
Helicostyla |
Species: |
H. ticaonica |
Binomial name |
Helicostyla ticaonica
(W. J. Broderip, 1841) |
Synonyms |
- Bulimus subglobosus I. Lea, 1840 (original combination)
- Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) subglobosa (I. Lea, 1840) (junior synonym)
- Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)
- Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica f. lutea Pilsbry, 1891 (color form)
- Cochlostyla subglobosa (I. Lea, 1840) (junior synonym)
- Cochlostyla ticaonica (Broderip, 1841) (unaccepted combination)
- Helicostyla (Orthostylus) subglobosa (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Helicostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica (Broderip, 1841) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
- Helix (Cochlostyla) ticaonica Broderip, 1841 (original combination)
- Helix ticaonica Broderip, 1841 (superseded combination)
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This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).[2]