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Heliopyge helios

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge (Comura) helios was named by Richter and Richter (1926). It is the type species of Heliopyge.

It was recombined as Heliopyge helios by Haas and Mensink (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Asteropyge (Comura) helios Richter and Richter
1970Heliopyge helios Haas and Mensink

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusHeliopygeHaas and Mensink 1970
specieshelios(Richter and Richter 1926)

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.

Heliopyge helios Richter and Richter 1926
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Diagnosis
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