Harzhauser, Mathias;Landau, Bernard
Heliacus
Sign in to saveHeliacus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Architectonicidae.
Species
コシタカナワメグルマ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyArchitectonicidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 275
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Architectonicidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, LACM, SDNHM, PRI, UF, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Spain, United States, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, India, Chile, Mexico, French Polynesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Architectonicidae
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.101782 - Heliacus areola (Gmelin, 1791) - Architectonicidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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- taxon name
- Heliacus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Heliacus
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- Heliacus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- General characteristics
- Distribution
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Heliacus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Architectonicidae.
==General characteristics== (Original description in French) The operculum is corneous and conical, increasing in diameter from the apex to the base; its inner side is smooth with a central point; all the rest is composed of spirally coiled lamellae which decrease in diameter and are always fringed at their circumference. The shell is usually higher than the other sundials, with a narrower umbilicus.
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