Helicostyla ticaonica

Helicostyla ticaonica is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Helicostyla ticaonica iloilana M. Smith, 1932
  • Helicostyla ticaonica ticaonica (Broderip, 1841)

Helicostyla ticaonica
A shell of Helicostyla ticaonica on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Helicostylinae
Genus:
Species:
C. ticaonica
Binomial name
Cochlostyla 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  • Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination)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)
  • 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  • Helix ticaonica Broderip, 1841 (superseded combination)

This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).[2]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicostyla ticaonica (Broderip, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442961 on 2022-04-20
  2. WMSDB


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