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 Heliconoididae

Heliconoides A. d'Orbigny, 1835

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Embolus Jeffreys, 1869 junior homonym; nom. inval.
Atlanta (Heliconoides) A. d'Orbigny, 1836 synonym
Protomedea O. G. Costa, 1861 synonym

Children

Heliconoides inflatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Literature

additional source

Janssen, A. W. (2020). Notes on the systematics, morphology and biostratigraphy of holoplanktic Mollusca, 27. Comments on a paper discussing Pteropoda (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) systematics, recently (2019) published in Bollettino Malacologico. Basteria. 84 (1-3): 65-75.

additional source

Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). Zoosymposia. 13: 305-346.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heliconoides A. d'Orbigny, 1835. 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:605964

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-02-15 by Philippe Bouchet

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