Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Limacinoidea > Family Thieleidae > Genus Thielea

Thielea helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thielea*	Strebel, 1908	accepted genus name
*Thilea*		orthographic variant

Species group names

*Limacina helicoides*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Thielea procera*	Strebel, 1908	synonym
*Thilea procera*	Strebel, 1908	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Janssen, A. W. (2003). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of fossil holoplanktonic Mollusca, 13. Considerations on a subdivision of Thecosomata, with the emphasis on genus group classification of Limacinidae. Cainozoic Research. 2 (1-2): 163-170.
additional source	Corse E., Rampal J., Cuoc C., Pech N., Perez Y. & Gilles A. (2013) Phylogenetic analysis of Thecosomata Blainville, 1824 (holoplanktonic Opisthobranchia) using morphological and molecular data. PLoS ONE 8(4): e59439.
additional source	Janssen, A. W. (2004). Holoplanktonic molluscan assemblages (Gastropoda, Heteropoda, Thecosomata) from the Pliocene of Estepona (Spain, Malaga). Palaeontos. 5: 103-131.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thielea helicoides (Jeffreys, 1877). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:729876