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

Heliacus jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867)

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

*Gyriscus jeffreysianus*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym
*Heliacus (Gyriscus) jeffreysianus*	(Tiberi, 1867)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Schiaparelli, S.; Stanić, R.; Canese, S.; Montagna, P.; Taviani, M. (2022). The rare Mediterranean endemic gastropod Heliacus jeffreysianus associated with the endangered Savalia savaglia coral. pp. 710-714, In: Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation (DellaSala D.A. & Goldstein M.I., Eds). Elsevier. .
additional 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.
additional source	Stanic, R. & S. Schiaparelli. 2007. New finding of living specimens of the rare architectonicid Heliacus (Gyriscus) jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867). Boll. Malacol., 43 (9-12): 143-146.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heliacus jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867). 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:138771