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]
Dolicholatirus bairstowi | |
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Apertural view of Dolicholatirus bairstowi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Dolicholatiridae |
Genus: | Dolicholatirus |
Species: | D. bairstowi
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Binomial name | |
Dolicholatirus bairstowi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Latirus bairstowi G.B. Sowerby III, 1886 |
Description
editThe shell size varies between 18 mm and 37 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed along KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
External links
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- "Dolicholatirus bairstowi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 November 2010.