Helcion

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Helcion
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Helcion pectunculus shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
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

Subgenus Helcion

Subgenus Patinastra [ citation needed ]

subgenus ?

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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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