Polygona bernadensis

Polygona bernadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Polygona
Species:	P. bernadensis
Binomial name
Polygona bernadensis (Bullock, 1947)
Synonyms
Latirus (Polygona) bernadensisBullock, 1974 (basionym) Latirus bernadensisBullock, 1947 (original combination)

Polygona bernadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Barbados.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygona bernadensis (Bullock, 1974). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489152 on 2021-04-25

External links

• Bullock R.C. (1974). A contribution to the systematics of some West Indian Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). The Nautilus. 88(3): 69–79
• Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of Latirus and related fasciolariid groups. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72(4): 413–424
• Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of French Guiana and nearby regions, with descriptions of two new species and comments on marine zoogeography of northeastern South America. Zootaxa. 4585(2): 239–268