Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Patellogastropoda
Superfamilia: Patelloidea
Familia: Patellidae
Genus: Helcion
Subgenera: H. (Ansates) - H. (Helcion) - H. (Patinastra)
Name
Helcion Montfort, 1810
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[citation needed]
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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