Building on the recent re-allocation of Helix sordulenta to the genus Schileykiella, this paper provides further insights into the taxonomy, palaeontology, and distribution of Schileykiella in North Africa. Additionally, the taxon Helix mendicaria L. Pfeiffer, 1860, described from Tunisia, is here proposed as a junior synonym of Schileykiella sordulenta (Morelet, 1851), and the taxon Xerophila chadiana darnensis Hey, 1955, described from Derna (Cyrenaica, Libya), is identified as a possible congeneric fossil species.