Helcion pectunculus

Helcion Petunculus, a marine shelled invertebrate

Helcion pectunculus
Five views of a shell of Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Helcion
Species:
H. pectunculus
Binomial name
Helcion pectunculus
(Gmelin, 1791)

Helcion pectunculus, common name the prickly limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Distribution

Its mostly present around southern coast of africa. Its a marine species.

References

  1. ↑ Linné, Carl von; Linné, Carl von; Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. Tom. 1 Pars. 6 (Ed. 13., aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin. ed.). Lipsiae: impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer.
  2. ↑ Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 29 July 2025.