Helicopsis


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

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Helicopsis range Central and Eastern Europe to Iran.

Species

The species composition of Helicopsis was largely reviewed after revisions with methods of molecular taxonomy, many of the previously recognized species were shown to be conspecific and many other to be not related with true Helicopsis. After these revisions only 9 or 10 species can be placed into Helicopsis:Helicopsis aelleni Hausdorf, 1996 - Northern IranHelicopsis anflousiana Helicopsis austriaca Gittenberger, 1969 - AustriaHelicopsis buslimiana - LibyaHelicopsis carrossei Helicopsis cereoflava - Romania, probably a synonym of Helicopsis lunulataHelicopsis cypriola Helicopsis dejecta - Azov SeaHelicopsis filimargo - Southern and Eastern Ukraine, adjacent regions of Russia, extremely variable, previously treated as several speciesHelicopsis gittenbergeri Hausdorf, 1990 - GreeceHelicopsis hungarica - Central Europe and isolated locality in RussiaHelicopsis larbiana Helicopsis likharevi Schileyko, 1978 - Kopet Dag in TurkmenistanHelicopsis lunulata - Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, adjacent regions of Russia and probably PolandHelicopsis persica Hausdorf & Bössneck, 2016 - Northern Iran
Synonyms that were recognized as species before 21st century:Helicopsis altenai Gasull, 1974 accepted as Xerotricha vatonniana Helicopsis arenosa accepted as Helicopsis filimargo arenosa accepted as Helicopsis filimargo Helicopsis dejecta - synonym of Helicopsis filimargoHelicopsis depulsa : synonym of Xerolenta depulsa Helicopsis gigaxii Haas, 1924 is a synonym of Xerocrassa ripacurcica Helicopsis instabilis - synonym of Helicopsis lunulataHelicopsis leptocolpata : synonym of Xerosecta leptocolpata Helicopsis luganica Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as Helicopsis filimargo Helicopsis martynovi Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as Helicopsis filimargo Helicopsis murcica accepted as Xerocrassa subrogata Helicopsis paulhessei - synonym of Helicopsis filimargoHelicopsis retowskii - synonym of Helicopsis filimargoHelicopsis subfilimargo Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as Helicopsis filimargo Helicopsis tabulae Chaper, 1855 accepted as Lyrocystis perplicata Helicopsis turcica : synonym of Xeroleuca turcica
Species and synonyms that were placed into Helicopsis, but are not:Helicopsis conopsis Morelet, 1876