Helicinae

{{Automatic taxobox | image = Helicinae representatives (cropped).jpg | image_caption = From left to right: [[Helix pomatia|Roman snail]] (''Helix pomatia''), [[Cornu aspersum|Garden snail]] (''Cornu aspersum'') and [[White-lipped snail]] (''Cepaea hortensis''), three species of Helicinae | taxon = Helicinae | authority = Rafinesque, 1815<ref name=CoL>{{Catalogue of Life |title=Helicinae Rafinesque, 1815 |id=7NXPL |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref> | type_genus = Helix | type_genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = *[[Helicini]] *[[Allognathini]] *[[Maculariini]] *[[Thebini]] }} '''Helicinae''' is a [[subfamily]] of [[Terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[Gastropoda|gastropods]] in the family [[Helicidae]]. It contains mostly large [[land snail]] [[species]], distributed in the western [[Palearctic realm|Palaearctic]]. The most recent (as of 2023) classification proposed division into three [[Tribe (biology)|tribes]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Neiber |first=Marco T |last2=Korábek |first2=Ondřej |last3=Glaubrecht |first3=Matthias |last4=Hausdorf |first4=Bernhard |date=2022-04-11 |title=A misinterpreted disjunction: the phylogenetic relationships of the North African land snail Gyrostomella (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae) |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/194/4/1236/6445973 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=194 |issue=4 |pages=1236–1251 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab059 |issn=0024-4082|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Terrestrial Snails and Slugs |url=https://www.molluscs.at/gastropoda/terrestrial.html?/gastropoda/terrestrial/helix/systematics.html |website=www.molluscs.at |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref>

The subfamily contains the largest [[Helicidae|helicids]], and includes widely known, widespread species like the [[Cornu aspersum|garden snail]], [[grove snail]], [[Theba pisana|white garden snail]], [[Eobania vermiculata|chocolate-band snail]] or the [[Helix pomatia|Roman snail]].{{cn|date=June 2023}} [[File:Caucasotachea_atrolabiata.jpg|thumb|''[[Caucasotachea atrolabiata]]'']]

== See also == * [[Helicidae#Taxonomy|Taxonomy of the Helicidae]]

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[[Category:Helicidae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]] [[Category:Taxa described in 1815]]