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Helicina cokevillensis Yen, 1954

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Helicina cokevillensis Yen, 1954
Name authority
Yen, 1954
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cycloneritida
Family
Helicinidae
Genus
Helicina
Extinction status
Recorded extinct

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassNeritimorpha Koken, 1896
  6. orderCycloneritida Frýda, 1998
  7. superfamilyHelicinoidea A. Férussac, 1822
  8. familyHelicinidae A. Férussac, 1822
  9. subfamilyHelicininae A. Férussac, 1822
  10. genusHelicina Lamarck, 1799
  11. speciesHelicina cokevillensis Yen, 1954

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Helicina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Helicina amoena L. Pfeiffer, 1849HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina arenicola Morelet, 1849HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina beatrix Angas, 1879HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina besckei L. Pfeiffer, 1849HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina bocourti Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina chiquitica (Richling, 2001)HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicina columbiana R. A. Philippi, 1847HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina conus A. J. Wagner, 1910HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina cordillerae L. Pfeiffer, 1857HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina declivis L. Pfeiffer & Gundlach, 1860HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina decorosa A. J. Wagner, 1910HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Helicina delicatula Shuttleworth, 1852HelicinidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 33 records assigned to Helicinidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Yen, T.-C. (1954). Nonmarine Mollusks of Late Cretaceous Age From Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Part 1: A fauna from western Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 254–B: 45–59. https://doi.org/10.3133/pp254b Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3K7PX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.