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)

• 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

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.