Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass [unassigned] Heterobranchia > Superfamily Architectonicoidea > Family Architectonicidae

Heliacus d'Orbigny, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gyriscus*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym; alternate representation
*Heliacus (Grandeliacus)*	Iredale, 1957	synonym; alternate representation
*Heliacus (Gyriscus)*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Heliacus canariensis Nordsieck, 1982
Heliacus contextus (Seguenza L., 1903)
Heliacus fallaciosus (Tiberi, 1872)
Heliacus jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867)

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December].
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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External Links

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Citation

Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Heliacus d'Orbigny, 1842. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137663