Dolicholatirus bairstowi
| Dolicholatirus bairstowi | |
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| 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] | |
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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 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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