Helcion

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Patelloidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Patellidae Rank Genus

Similar Patella pellucida, Helcion pruinosus, Patellidae, Helcion pectunculus, Scutellastra

Helcion is a genus of sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.

Helcion circles

Species within the genus Helcion include:

Subgenus Ansates : accepted as Ansates G.B. Sowerby II [ex Klein], 1839

Helcion pellucidum - Blue-rayed limpet : accepted as Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Helcion tella

Subgenus Helcion

Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)

Subgenus Patinastra

Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)

Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848)

subgenus ?

Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)

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