Os gêneros Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 e Leucozonia Gray, 1847 no nordeste brasileiro (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) The genera Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 and Leucozonia Gray, 1847 in the northeastern Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae)

The genera Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 and Leucozonia Gray, 1847 are represented in Northeastern Brazil by three species. Fasciolaria aurantiaca Lamarck, 1816; Leucozonia ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) and Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791). The three species are described and illustrated. An identification key...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors: Helena Matthews-Cascon, Henry Ramos Matthews, Carla Bender Kotzian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1989
Subjects:
Gastropoda
Fasciolaria
Leucozonia
systematics-morphology
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Microbiology
QR1-502
Arctic
Lamarck
Nordeste
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02761989000800064
https://doaj.org/article/00e97a42a3b8480bac5bda4b2043b2d2
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Summary:The genera Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 and Leucozonia Gray, 1847 are represented in Northeastern Brazil by three species. Fasciolaria aurantiaca Lamarck, 1816; Leucozonia ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) and Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791). The three species are described and illustrated. An identification key for all the above mentioned taxa is included, together with some ecological data. The anatomy and radula of Fasciolaria aurantiaca and Leucozonia nassa are described and illustrated. Polimorfism in Fasciolaria aurantiaca and Leucozonia nassa is discussed.

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