Polygona bernadensis

Species of gastropod

Polygona bernadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fasciolariinae
Genus:
Polygona
Species:
P. bernadensis
Binomial name
Polygonabernadensis
(Bullock, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Latirus (Polygona) bernadensis Bullock, 1974 (basionym)
  • Latirus bernadensis Bullock, 1947 (original combination)

Polygona bernadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Barbados.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygona bernadensis (Bullock, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489152 on 2021-04-25

External links

  • Bullock R.C. (1974). A contribution to the systematics of some West Indian Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). The Nautilus. 88(3): 69–79
  • Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of Latirus and related fasciolariid groups. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72(4): 413–424
  • Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of French Guiana and nearby regions, with descriptions of two new species and comments on marine zoogeography of northeastern South America. Zootaxa. 4585(2): 239–268
Taxon identifiers
Latirus bernadensis


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