African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Helcioniscus Dall, 1871

AphiaID

205709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205709)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Cellana H. Adams, 1869

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Patella rota Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)

Parent

Nacellidae Thiele, 1891

Original name

Helcion (Helcioniscus) Dall, 1871

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Species Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Helcioniscus livescens (Reeve, 1855) accepted as Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
Species Helcioniscus profundus (Deshayes, 1863) accepted as Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
Species Helcioniscus rota (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of ) Dall, W. H. (1871). Preliminary sketch of a natural arrangement of the order Docoglossa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 14: 49-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41795758
page(s): 53 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helcioniscus Dall, 1871. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205709 on 2026-03-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Helcioniscus Dall, 1871. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205709 on 2026-03-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-08 14:59:13Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-03-22 14:38:13Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-06-23 15:24:42Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2011-10-14 19:43:50Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-19 02:01:59Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2022-02-10 18:18:11Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2024-05-01 09:54:12Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Dall, W. H. (1871). Preliminary sketch of a natural arrangement of the order Docoglossa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 14: 49-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41795758
page(s): 53 [details]

source of synonymy Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors