Biology:Helisalia

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Helisalia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Helisalia
Laseron, 1954
Type species
Helisalia liliputia Laseron, 1954

Helisalia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]

This genus has become a synonym of Omalogyra Jeffreys, 1859

Distribution

This marine species occur off Australia , Papua New Guinea, the Maldives, in the Mediterranean Sea, off Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands and Cuba

Species

Species within the genus Helisalia include:

  • Helisalia liliputia Laseron, 1954: synonym of Omalogyra liliputia (Laseron, 1954)
  • Helisalia pallida Laseron, 1954: synonym of Microdiscula charopa (Tate, 1889)
  • Helisalia sucina Laseron, 1954: synonym of Ammonicera sucina (Laseron, 1954)

References

  1. Sartori, André F.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2014). Helisalia Laseron, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719418 on 2014-12-03

Wikidata ☰ Q16982943 entry