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Heliacus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Taxonomy
Heliacus was named by d'Orbigny (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Heliacidae by Woodring (1959); to Heliacinae by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1981); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Architectonicidae by Ladd (1972), Jensen (1996), Todd (2001), Darragh (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Heliacus d'Orbigny p. 68
1959Heliacus Woodring p. 168
1972Heliacus Ladd p. 19
1981Heliacus Frassinetti and Covacevich
1996Heliacus Jensen p. 33
2001Heliacus Todd
2002Heliacus Sepkoski
2017Heliacus Darragh p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyArchitectonicoideaGray 1840
familyArchitectonicidaeGray 1850
genusHeliacusd'Orbigny 1842

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Heliacus d'Orbigny 1842
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Subg. Heliacus (Astronacus) Woodring 1959
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Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Subg. Heliacus (Grandeliacus) Iredale 1957
Subg. Heliacus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny 1842
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Heliacus bisulcatus d'Orbigny 1842
†Heliacus reticulatus Dockery 1993
†Heliacus variegatus Gmelin 1791
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:00:49
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:25:24
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) H. reticulatus (7456)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland Solarium bisulcatum (27625)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Egypt (Western Desert) H. tenuilineatus (3131 3142 3146)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Victoria) H. otwayanus (71236)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy H. faustae (178108)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy H. albertini (178116)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama H. stonemanae (52173)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Solarium stonemanae (58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama H. anaglyptus (93059) H. stonemanae (52172 52174)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) H. fallaciosus (37366)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela H. bisulcatus (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands H. variegatus (77985)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji H. variegatus (78060)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) H. trochoides (179484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Ryukyu) H. dorsuosus (41594)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) H. sp. (79843)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) H. moniliferum, H. subvariegatus (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) H. sp. (79983)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas) H. sp. (79871)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan H. sp. (96967)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) H. sp. (79835 79842)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) H. variegata (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador H. planispira (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) H. sp. (89573 194427)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica H. infundibuliformis (80407)