Oreohelicidae
Oreohelicidae is a family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 31 and 35.
Oreohelix, the type genus, is ovoviviparous. Radiocentrum, a subgenus of Oreohelix, is oviparous. The group as a whole generally lacks any apertural barriers or teeth and displays wide variety of shell morphologies.The family Oreohelicidae has no subfamilies.
The type genus is Oreohelix Pilsbry, 1904.
Genera within the family Oreohelicidae include:
- Oreohelix Pilsbry, 1904
- Radiocentrum Pilsbry, 1905
