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

Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Grandeliacus*	Iredale, 1957	synonym
*Gyriscus*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym
*Heliacus (Grandeliacus)*	Iredale, 1957	synonym; alternate representation
*Heliacus (Gyriscus)*	Tiberi, 1867	synonym; alternate representation
*Heliacus (Teretropoma)*	Rochebrune, 1881	synonym; alternate representation
*Heliacus (Torinista)*	Iredale, 1936	synonym; alternate representation
*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

Children

Heliacus fallaciosus (Tiberi, 1872)
Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)
Heliacus infundibuliformis (Gmelin, 1791)
Heliacus jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867)
Heliacus stramineus (Gmelin, 1791)
Heliacus verdensis Bieler, 1984

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コシタカナワメグルマ属

Literature

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842. 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:137663

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Occurrence

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No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2023-05-19 by Rüdiger Bieler

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