Helcion

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

Helcion
Helcion pectunculus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Patelloidea
Family:
Patellidae
Genus:
Helcion

Montfort, 1810[1]

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

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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.


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