Biology:Helcion

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Helcion
Helcion pectunculus 002.jpg
Helcion pectunculus shell
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Helcion
Montfort, 1810[1]

Helcion is a genus of sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Helcion include:

Subgenus Ansates : accepted as Ansates G.B. Sowerby II [ex Klein], 1839

  • Helcion pellucidum - Blue-rayed limpet : accepted as Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Helcion tella

Subgenus Helcion

Subgenus Patinastra[citation needed]

subgenus ?

References

  1. Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 62.
  2. Helcion Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q12900212 entry