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Heliacus cylindricus (J. F. Gmelin, 1791)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Architectonicidae - Sundials »  genus Heliacus

Scientific synonyms

Trochus cylindricus J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Architectonica cyclostomum K.T. Menke, 1830
Heliacus cyclostoma K.T. Menke, 1830
Trochus cylindraceus L.W. Dillwyn, 1817
Heliacus cylindraceus L.W. Dillwyn, 1817
Architectonica heberti G.P. Deshayes, 1830
Heliacus herberti G.P. Deshayes, 1830
Torinia cyclostomum latior S.C.T. Hanley, 1863

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Atlantic Ocean, North America: Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States of America (Florida), South America: Brazil, Caribbean

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Description

As Torinia cylindrica:
Shell conic, elevated; whorls somewhat rounded, with spiral sulcations, ten-ribbed, the three peripheral ribs the strongest; umbilicus deep, scarcely diminishing, its border feebly crenate. Color chestnut brown, sparingly mottled with white at the-periphery and above the suture.
Height, 13; diameter, 13 mm.
Puerto Real; Cabo Rojo light; Guauica, Porto Rico; one specimen in bad condition from each locality.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Heliacus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Heliacus cylindricus (GMELIN, 1791)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
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