World Register of Deep-Sea species - Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Deep-Sea taxon details

Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842

AphiaID

137663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137663)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Architectonicidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Trochus (Heliacus) A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Synonymised names

Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 · alternative representation

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Species Heliacus bisulcatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
Species Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)
Subgenus Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 represented as Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842
1. Species Heliacus (Torinista) bisulcatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) represented as Heliacus bisulcatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
2. Species Heliacus (Torinista) implexus (Mighels, 1845) represented as Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of ) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264, pls 1-21 [pp. 1-16, pl. 1 [1840]; 17-208, pls 2-11, 4bis [1841]; 209-264, pls 12-21 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380, pls 22-28 [pp. 1-112, pl. 22 [1842]; 113-128, pl. 23 [1845]; 129-224, pl. 24 [1851]; 225-380, pls 25-28 [1853] [pp. 145-176 missing]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 2: 68 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137663 on 2026-05-07

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137663 on 2026-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-15 08:17:50Z

checked

Wambiji, Nina

2011-11-04 16:16:35Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

2012-02-10 07:52:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-09-28 15:27:29Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

2016-02-25 18:45:08Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-02-03 03:46:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-05-19 15:25:50Z

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Bieler, Rüdiger

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original description (of ) Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264, pls 1-21 [pp. 1-16, pl. 1 [1840]; 17-208, pls 2-11, 4bis [1841]; 209-264, pls 12-21 [1842]; Vol. 2: 1-380, pls 22-28 [pp. 1-112, pl. 22 [1842]; 113-128, pl. 23 [1845]; 129-224, pl. 24 [1851]; 225-380, pls 25-28 [1853] [pp. 145-176 missing]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138987
page(s): 2: 68 [details]

additional source Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.
page(s): 183 [details] Available for editors

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Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Language	Name
Japanese	コシタカナワメグルマ属	[details]

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Heliacus cylindricus

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