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WoRMS taxon details

Heliophora L. Agassiz, 1840

To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (USNM 530259 Heliophora sp Echinodermata)

AphiaID

512707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512707)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rotulidae Gray, 1855

Synonymised names

Hemiheliopsis Lambert, 1906 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Radiorotula Lambert & Thiéry, 1921 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)

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Species Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Heliophora orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Species Heliophora rumphii (L. Agassiz, 1841) accepted as Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Agassiz, L. 1840. Catalogus systematicus Ectyporum Echinodermatum fossilium Musei Neocomiensis, secundum ordinem zoologicum dispositus; adjectis synonymis recentioribus, nec non stratis et locis in quibus reperiuntur. Sequuntur characteres diagnostici generum novorum vel minus cognitorum. Oliv. Petitpierre, Neuchâtel, 20 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/catalogussystema00agas#page/3/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Heliophora L. Agassiz, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512707 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-06 12:01:53Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, L. 1840. Catalogus systematicus Ectyporum Echinodermatum fossilium Musei Neocomiensis, secundum ordinem zoologicum dispositus; adjectis synonymis recentioribus, nec non stratis et locis in quibus reperiuntur. Sequuntur characteres diagnostici generum novorum vel minus cognitorum. Oliv. Petitpierre, Neuchâtel, 20 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/catalogussystema00agas#page/3/mode/1up [details]

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