Heilprinia dowiana

Heilprinia dowiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Fusininae
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 mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Honduras.

^ 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

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