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Helix

genus of molluscs
Taxon Taxon Q1937315

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok[6]
Homonymous taxon
Helix[11]
Parent taxon
Helicini[3]
Taxon common name
Wijngaardslakken[10]
Taxon name
Helix[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
Taxon synonym
Pomatia Beck (1837) non Röding ['Bolten'] (1798), Megastoma, Pomatia[7][8][9]
Temporal range start
Oligocene[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Helix ar حلز cs hlemýžď fr Cornu zh 大蜗牛属
🔖 Identifiers · 39
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85060055
OpenAlex ID
C2778530040
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Closeup of snail in fishtank.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Helix
AGROVOC ID
c_11495
BOLD Systems taxon ID
5992
Belgian Species List ID
54002
BioLib taxon ID
2979
Catalogue of Life ID
7P4YB
Dyntaxa ID
1006688
EPPO Code
1HELXG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
57691
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Fauna Europaea ID
268606
Fauna Europaea New ID
df75e7ec-b9c1-4a6e-937e-33422deec95f
Fossilworks taxon ID
116599
Freebase ID
/m/021b6p
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
9816371
INaturalist taxon ID
47483
IRMNG ID
1285022
ITIS TSN
77904
J9U entity ID
987007555539605171
MeSH descriptor ID
D006372
MeSH tree code
B01.050.500.644.400.750.450
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2911050961
NBIC scientific name ID
121301
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0001702039
NCBI taxonomy ID
6534
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/C3F45438-109C-4B0E-8EF8-1C359032804B
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
137755
Open Tree of Life ID
349698
Plazi ID
F9EF22C4-3500-75A3-85D9-3F5136F6390A
Taxonomicon ID
38972
Topic's main category
Category:Helix (gastropod)
UMLS CUI
C0018882
Wellcome Collection concept ID
bmbsp8hr
WoRMS-ID for taxa
153970
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01947258-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/061f8caf-62f2-456f-9efd-4314aeb7727a
ZooBank ID for name or act
9C892307-F64F-4D61-A17D-0B56440AE4B0

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 12
Helix pomatia, Helix aspersa, Helix lucorum, Helix lutescens, Helix texta, Helix albescens, Helix godetiana, Helix melanostoma +4 more
Described by source 1
Nordisk familjebok
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Helix (gastropod)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Helix (gastropod)
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Summary

Helix is a taxon[1].

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Einsenkungsmarke · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Pomatia Beck (1837) non Röding ['Bolten'] (1798), Megastoma, Pomatia
    "Created claim: Taxon synonym: Pomatia"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok
    Taxon rank → genus
    Homonymous taxon → Helix
    Taxon synonym → Pomatia Beck (1837) non Röding ['Bolten'] (1798), Megastoma, Pomatia
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007555539605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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