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Helicacanthus

Gastropoda - Nododelphinulidae

Taxonomy
Helicacanthus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nododelphinula by Kase (1984).

It was assigned to Nododelphinulidae by Kollmann (2001); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Helicacanthus Kollmann p. 40
2002Helicacanthus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNododelphinulidaeCox 1960
genusHelicacanthus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available