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Species List for Genus: Heliacus
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass) > Architectonicoidea (Superfamily) > Architectonicidae (Family) > Heliacus (Genus)
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  • Genus: Heliacus

  • Heliacus areola (Gmelin, 1791)
    Width 15mm
    Marine
    Continuous range from African east coast to central Pacific. Northland NZ
    A
  • Heliacus asteleformis (Powell, 1965)
    Height 8mm, Width 7.5mm
    Marine
    Kermadec Islands, Wanganella Bank. Between Cape Maria van Diemen and Three Kings Islands
    KA
  • Heliacus caelatus (Hinds, 1844)
    Width 8.5mm
    Marine
    Northland
    A
  • Heliacus costatus (Schepman, 1909)
    Width 9mm
    Marine
    Philippines to Australia and New Zealand. Northland
    A
  • Heliacus hyperionis Bieler, 1993
    Width 7.4mm
    Marine
    Off Australia and New Zealand. Three Kings Islands, Northland to East Cape, 36-200+ metres
    A
  • Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)
    Width 11.8mm, Height 6.5mm
    Marine
    Off Northland east coast. Also Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
    KA
  • Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)
    Width 21mm
    Marine
    Northland, also Norfolk Islands
    A
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil