Jump to content

Heilprinia dowiana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Fusinus dowianus)

Heilprinia dowiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Heilprinia
Species:
H. dowiana
Binomial name
Heilprinia dowiana
(Olsson, 1954)
Synonyms
  • Fusinus (Heilprinia) dowianus Olsson, 1954 (basionym)
  • Fusinus dowianus Olsson, 1954 (original combination)

Heilprinia dowiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

[edit]

Distribution

[edit]

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Honduras.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Heilprinia dowiana (Olsson, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319720 on 2020-11-3
  • Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82
  • Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2019). The genus Fusinus in the northwestern Pacific. Special Publication of the Malacological Society of Japan. 4: 1-122. page(s): figs 1a-b
[edit]