| Noun | 1. | genus Helix - type genus of the family Helicidae mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks family Helicidae, Helicidae - land snails including the common edible snail and some pests edible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snails garden snail - any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests brown snail, Helix aspersa - serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution Helix hortensis - a kind of garden snail |