Helicopelta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Addisoniidae.[2]
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| Shell of Helicopelta marshalli (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Addisoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicopeltinae |
| Genus: | Helicopelta Marshall, 1996[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helicopelta rostricola B. A. Marshall, 1996 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Helicopelta include:
- Helicopelta marshalli Rubio & Rolán, 2020
- Helicopelta rostricola Marshall, 1996[3]
References
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- ^ Marshall B. (1996). "A new subfamily of the Addisoniidae associated with cephalopod beaks from the tropical southwest Pacific, and a new pseudococculinid associated with chondrichthyan egg cases from New Zealand (Mollusca: Lepetelloidea)". Veliger 39(3): 250-259. Helicopelta is on the page 253.
- ^ Helicopelta Marshall, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ Helicopelta rotricola Marshall, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.