A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Heliacus otwayanus Garrard, 1978 | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Heliacus planispira Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heliacus ponderi Garrard, 1978 | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heliacus proteus Bieler, 1993 | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heliacus sterkii (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908) | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| straw sundialHeliacus stramineus (Gmelin, 1791) | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heliacus turritus Bieler, 1987 | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heliacus worsfoldi Quinn, 1981 | ArchitectonicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amethyst-throated SunangelHeliangelus amethysticollis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisse (Longuemare, 1841) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortis (Fraser, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-throated SunangelHeliangelus mavors Gould, 1848 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flame-throated SunangelHeliangelus micraster Gould, 1872 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Royal SunangelHeliangelus regalis Fitzpatrick, Willard & Terborgh, 1979 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Merida SunangelHeliangelus spencei (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianus (Gould, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple-throated SunangelHeliangelus viola Gould, 1853 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heliania spinescens Gray, 1859 | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heliaster canopus (Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1875) | HeliasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heliaster kubiniji Xantus, 1860 | HeliasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heliaster polybrachius H.L. Clark, 1907 | HeliasteridaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicarion castanea (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) | HelicarionidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882) | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicella iberica (Rambur, 1869) | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicella juglans E. Gittenberger, 1991 | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicella ordunensis (Kobelt, 1883) | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicigona atava Wenz, 1927 | HelicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| lapidary snailHelicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758) | HelicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicigona planata H. Binder, 2002 | HelicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Helicigona wenzi Soós, 1934 | HelicidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Helicina amoena L. Pfeiffer, 1849 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina arenicola Morelet, 1849 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina beatrix Angas, 1879 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina besckei L. Pfeiffer, 1849 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina bocourti Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina chiquitica (Richling, 2001) | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicina cokevillensis Yen, 1954 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Helicina columbiana R. A. Philippi, 1847 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina conus A. J. Wagner, 1910 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina cordillerae L. Pfeiffer, 1857 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina declivis L. Pfeiffer & Gundlach, 1860 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina decorosa A. J. Wagner, 1910 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina delicatula Shuttleworth, 1852 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina durangoana Mousson, 1884 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina elata Shuttleworth, 1852 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina foveata L. Pfeiffer, 1854 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina fragilis Morelet, 1851 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina gemma Preston, 1903 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicina hondurana H. G. Richards, 1938 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Helicina keatei L. Pfeiffer, 1857 | HelicinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.