Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia" > Superfamily Architectonicoidea > Family Architectonicidae > Genus Heliacus

Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heliacus*	A. d'Orbigny, 1842	accepted genus name
*Grandeliacus*	Iredale, 1957	synonym
*Gyriscus*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym
*Heliacus (Grandeliacus)*	Iredale, 1957	synonym
*Heliacus (Gyriscus)*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym
*Heliacus (Teretropoma)*	Rochebrune, 1881	synonym
*Heliacus (Torinista)*	Iredale, 1936	synonym
*Solarium (Torinia)*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym
*Teretropoma*	Rochebrune, 1881	synonym
*Torinia*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym
*Torinista*	Iredale, 1936	synonym
*Trochus (Heliacus)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Heliacus (Torinista) implexus*	(Mighels, 1845)	synonym; alternate representation
*Heliacus africanus*	Bartsch, 1915	synonym
*Heliacus codoceoae*	Rehder, 1980	synonym
*Heliacus implexus f. alfredensis*	(W. H. Turton, 1932)	synonym
*Heliacus maorianus*	A. W. B. Powell, 1934	synonym
*Solarium (Torinia) homalaxis*	Melvill, 1893	synonym
*Solarium alfredensis*	W. H. Turton, 1932	synonym
*Solarium homalaxis*	Melvill, 1893	synonym
*Solarium implexum*	Mighels, 1845	synonym
*Torinista popula*	Iredale, 1936	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クリイロナワメグルマ

Literature

basis of record	Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
additional source	Kontadakis C., Mbazios G., Manousis T. & Galinous-Mitsoudi, S. (2021). Records of the Indo-pacific species Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845) (Gastropoda, Architectonicidae) established in the Mediterranean Sea. Xenophora Taxonomy. 32: 18-22.
taxonomy source	Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845). 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:214974