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Helicacanthus Dacqué, 1938 †
999636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999636)
accepted
Genus
Metacanthus Dacqué, 1936 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Metacanthus A. Costa, 1847; Helicacanthus is a replacement name
- Species Helicacanthus chanda S. S. Das, Bardhan & Lahiri, 1999 †
- Species Helicacanthus guerangeri (A. d'Orbigny, 1843) †
- Species Helicacanthus insuetus Beisel, 1983 †
- Species Helicacanthus mantelli (Leymerie, 1842) †
- Species Helicacanthus octavius (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Helicacanthus mantellii [sic] † accepted as Helicacanthus mantelli (Leymerie, 1842) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
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Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Metacanthus Dacqué, 1936, non A. Costa, 1847
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Metacanthus Dacqué, 1936, non A. Costa, 1847 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helicacanthus Dacqué, 1938 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999636 on 2025-09-10
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Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
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basis of record Beisel A.L. (1983). Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous gastropods of the North of Middle Siberia. <em>Moscow: Nauka.</em> 95 p. [in Russian].
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 265 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Beisel A.L. (1983). Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous gastropods of the North of Middle Siberia. <em>Moscow: Nauka.</em> 95 p. [in Russian].
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Metacanthus Dacqué, 1936, non A. Costa, 1847 [details]