Helicinae

Helicinae is a subfamily of terrestrial gastropods in the family Helicidae. It contains mostly large land snail species, distributed in the western Palaearctic. The most recent (as of 2023) classification proposed division into three tribes.^[2][3]

Helicinae
From left to right: Roman snail (Helix pomatia), Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) and White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis), three species of Helicinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae Rafinesque, 1815[1]
Type genus
Helix Linnaeus, 1758
Tribes
Helicini Allognathini Maculariini Thebini

The subfamily contains the largest helicids, and includes widely known, widespread species like the garden snail, grove snail, white garden snail, chocolate-band snail or the Roman snail.^{[citation needed]}

Caucasotachea atrolabiata

See also

• Taxonomy of the Helicidae