Helcion
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Helcion is a genus
of sea snail
s, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Patellidae
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Subgenus Ansates
: accepted as Ansates
G.B. Sowerby II [ex Klein], 1839
Subgenus Helcion
Subgenus Patinastra
subgenus ?
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Patellidae
Patellidae
Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.Patellidae is the only family in the superfamily Patelloidea...
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Species
Species within the genus Helcion include:Subgenus Ansates
Ansates
Ansates is a monospecific genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Ansates include:* Ansates pellucida...
: accepted as Ansates
Ansates
Ansates is a monospecific genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Ansates include:* Ansates pellucida...
G.B. Sowerby II [ex Klein], 1839
- Helcion pellucidum - Blue-rayed limpetBlue-Rayed LimpetThe blue-rayed limpet, Ansates pellucida is a species of small saltwater limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, the true limpets. -Range of distribution:...
: accepted as Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758) - Helcion tella
Subgenus Helcion
- Helcion pectunculusHelcion pectunculusHelcion pectunculus, common name the prickly limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Gmelin, 1791)
Subgenus Patinastra
- Helcion dunkeriHelcion dunkeriHelcion dunkeri is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Krauss, 1848) - Helcion pruinosusHelcion pruinosusHelcion pruinosus, common name the rayed limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Krauss, 1848)
subgenus ?
- Helcion concolorHelcion concolorHelcion concolor, common name the variable limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Krauss, 1848)