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• Helix cumulus Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Helix pls 175–209. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 7. [sp. 1368, pl. 195] [Sept. 1854; type locality probably erroneous; probably a New Zealand charopid, Stanisic, J., pers. comm.)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 198045 3 specimens, Banks of Manning River, NSW.
• Helix forrestiana Angas, G.F. 1875. Descriptions of three new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 389-390 [1 Oct. 1875] [389].

  Type data:

   Holotype HMNT no number, NW Australia.
• Helix moretonensis Reeve, L.A. 1854. Monograph of the genus Helix pls 175–209. In, Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 7. [sp. 1313, pl. 188] [July 1854; type locality probably erroneous; probably an African helicarionid or urocyclid, Stanisic, J., pers. comm.)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 198044 1 specimen, Moreton Bay, QLD.
• Helix nigrilabris Martens, E.C. von 1869. West afrikanische conchylien von G. Rohlf. Malakozoologische Blätter 16: 72-88 [79].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, interior of SA.
• Helix prunum Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1819. Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles. Paris Livr. 1–5 pp. 1–96. [29].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP no number 2 specimens, Australia (as Coral D'Entrecasteaux, Les Terres Australes).

  Secondary source:

   Köhler, F. 2012. Taxonomic revision of two endemic land snail genera from the Top End of Northern Australia with remarks on two problematic species named by de Férussac and Le Guillou (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 88(1): 53-62 [60].
• Helix tescorum Benson, W.H. 1853. Characters of several Helices from West Australia and the Mauritius; with notes on some species of Cyclostoma from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 11: 29-33 [1 Jan. 1853] [30] [both the BMNH and the UMZC claim the holotype; the problem has not been resolved].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 197018, Shark Bay, WA.
• Zonites walkeri Gray, J.E. 1834. Characters of new species of land and freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 63-68 [25 Nov. 1834] [63] [listed by Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. Australian Zoologist 9: 83–124 [30 Nov. 1938] (119) in Rhytididae; examination of syntypes indicates that it is probably referable to the genus Meridolum, Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1982237 2 specimens, 70,000 paces from Fort Macquarie, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. 1938. A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Pt III. The Australian Zoologist 9: 83-124 [Date published 30 Nov. 1938]; Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp.
• Helix expeditionis Cox, J.C. 1868. A Monograph of Australian Land Shells. Sydney : Maddock 111 pp. [37].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM AMSC33232, Tropical Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) AM QMMO559601, Tropical Australia.

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