Helcion
Genus of gastropods
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Helcion is a genus of sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.[2]
| Helcion | |
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| Helcion pectunculus shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Helcion Montfort, 1810[1] |
Species
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)[3]
Subgenus Patinastra[citation needed]
- Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)[4]
- Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848)[5]
subgenus ?
- Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)[6]
