Helicodiscus parallelus | |
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A drawing of a live specimen of Helicodiscus parallelus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
Family: | Helicodiscidae |
Genus: | Helicodiscus |
Subgenus: | Helicodiscus |
Species: | H. parallelus |
Binomial name | |
Helicodiscus parallelus (Say, 1821) |
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Synonyms | |
Helicodiscus lineatus |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Helicodiscus lineatus
Helicodiscus parallelus, common name the compound coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
Helicodiscus parallelus is the type species of the genus Helicodiscus.
This species occurs in the following countries and islands: