Biology:Helicopelta

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Helicopelta
Helicopelta marshalli (MNHN-IM-2000-35753).jpeg
Shell of Helicopelta marshalli (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Addisoniidae
Subfamily: Helicopeltinae
Genus: Helicopelta
Marshall, 1996[1]
Type species
Helicopelta rostricola B. A. Marshall, 1996

Helicopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Addisoniidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Helicopelta include:

References

  1. Marshall B. (1996). "A new subfamily of the Addisoniidae associated with cephalopod beaks from the tropical southwest Pacific, and a new pseudococculinid associated with chondrichthyan egg cases from New Zealand (Mollusca: Lepetelloidea)". Veliger 39(3): 250-259. Helicopelta is on the page 253.
  2. Helicopelta Marshall, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  3. Helicopelta rotricola Marshall, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

Wikidata ☰ Q5705132 entry