Dolicholatirus bairstowi

Dolicholatirus bairstowi
Apertural view of Dolicholatirus bairstowi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Peristerniinae
Genus: Dolicholatirus
Species: D. bairstowi
Binomial name
Dolicholatirus bairstowi
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1886)
Synonyms[1]

Latirus bairstowi G.B. Sowerby III, 1886

Dolicholatirus bairstowi 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

The shell size varies between 18 mm and 37 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Dolicholatirus bairstowi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2010.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. pp. 106–137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.


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