Introduction Search taxa Taxon browser Partners

WoRMS name details

Polinices heros (Say, 1822)

160460  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160460)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Naticoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Naticidae (Family)
  9. Polinicinae (Subfamily)
  10. Polinices (Genus)
  11. Polinices heros (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
(of Natica heros Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 248 [details] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to off North Carolina  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to off North Carolina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polinices heros (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160460 on 2025-04-27
Date
action
by
2005-05-31 07:42:56Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2011-10-27 04:14:08Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2014-01-03 15:27:28Z
changed
Gofas, Serge

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


Nomenclature

original description (of Natica heros Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 248 [details] 

basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S. 24119: 366 PP. [details] 

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
Centroid points
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 50 to 110 mm [details]

Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to off North Carolina [details]

Habitat intertidal [details]
LanguageName 
English common northern moon snail  [details]
French natice de l'Atlantiquehéros  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS