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WoRMS taxon details

Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

224358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224358)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Original name

Trochus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Heliacus (Heliacus) cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation

Solarium (Torinia) cyclostomum Menke, 1830 · unaccepted

Solarium (Torinia) cyclostomum var. latior Hanley, 1863 · unaccepted

Solarium (Torinia) cylindraceum (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Solarium aethiops Menke, 1830 · unaccepted

Solarium cyclostomum Menke, 1830 · unaccepted

Solarium heberti [sic] · unaccepted (error for S. herberti)

Solarium herberti Deshayes, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Solarium nubilum R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trochus cylindraceus Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted

Trochus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Trochus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224358 on 2026-03-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-15 08:17:50Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2011-11-04 16:16:35Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2012-09-28 15:27:29Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Solarium herberti Deshayes, 1830) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 2(1): 159-160 [details]

original description (of Trochus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Trochus cylindraceus Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899 [details]

original description (of Solarium cyclostomum Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 142 [details]

original description (of Solarium aethiops Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 142 [details]

original description (of Solarium nubilum R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 5(11): 170; note: name attributed by Philippi to Menke in litt. [details]

basis of record Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

additional source Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.
page(s): 183 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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