Helicodontidae

Helicodontidae (also known as Cheese snails) is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[2]

Helicodontidae
Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904[1]
Type genus
Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821

Subfamilies and genera

There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.

The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.

• subfamily Helicodontinae Kobelt, 1904 - synonym: Gonostomatinae Kobelt, 1904, Drepanostomatini Schileyko, 1991
  • Atenia Gittenberger, 1968
  • Darderia Altaba, 2006
  • Drepanostoma Porro, 1836
  • Falkneria H. Nordsieck, 1989
  • Helicodonta Férussac, 1821
  • Soosia Hesse, 1918
• subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978
  • Lindholmiola Hesse, 1931