Heilprinia Explained

Heilprinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fusininae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Heilprinia include:

• Heilprinia burnsii (Dall, 1890) †
• Heilprinia caloosaensis (Heilprin, 1886) †
• Heilprinia carolinensis (Dall, 1892) †
• Heilprinia coltrorum (Hadorn & Rogers, 2000)
• Heilprinia dianeae (Petuch, 1994) †
• Heilprinia diegelae Petuch, 1994 †
• Heilprinia dowiana (Olsson, 1954)
• Heilprinia exilis (Conrad, 1832) †
• Heilprinia hasta Petuch, 1994 †
• Heilprinia miamiensis Petuch, 1994 †
• Heilprinia portelli Petuch, 1994 †
• Heilprinia timessa (Dall, 1889)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Heilprinia couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853): synonym of Aristofusus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
• Heilprinia helenae (Bartsch, 1939) : synonym of Aristofusus helenae (Bartsch, 1939)
• Heilprinia lindae Petuch, 1987 : synonym of Heilprinia timessa (Dall, 1889)
• Heilprinia robusta (Trask, 1855) : synonym of Harfordia robusta (Trask, 1855)

References

• Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57–82.

External links

• Grabau A.W. (1904). Phylogeny of Fusus and its allies. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 44(1417): i-iii, 1-157, pls 1-18

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Heilprinia Grabau, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445989 on 2020-11-29