Helcion
| Helcion | |
|---|---|
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| Helcion pectunculus shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Patelloidea |
| 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
- Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
Subgenus Patinastra
- Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)[4]
- Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848)[5]
subgenus ?
- Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)[6]
References
- ↑ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 62.
- ↑ Helcion Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
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