MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Heliacus africanus Bartsch, 1915

ERMS name details

Heliacus africanus Bartsch, 1915

AphiaID

588268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:588268)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Heliacus (Torinista) implexus (Mighels, 1845) represented as Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)

Rank

Species

Parent

Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Original name

Heliacus africanus Bartsch, 1915

Environment

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

Original description

Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum. 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 123, pl. 24, figs 1, 3, 5. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heliacus africanus Bartsch, 1915. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=588268 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Heliacus africanus Bartsch, 1915. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588268 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-11-18 15:51:37Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-08-15 13:50:21Z

changed

Herbert, David

2023-12-26 19:01:59Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum. 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 123, pl. 24, figs 1, 3, 5. [details]

source of synonymy Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.
page(s): 207 [details] Available for editors

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