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Polinices heros (Say, 1822) 
AphiaID: 160460

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Polinicinae (Subfamily) > Polinices (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Lunatia heros (Say, 1822)
Rank Species
Parent Polinices Montfort, 1810
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.  [details]

basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English common northern moon snail  [details]
French héros  [details]
French natice de l'Atlantique  [details]
Distribution Anse de Belliveau [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
L'Etang [details]
Lorneville Harbour [details]
New River [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Saint Andrews [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Dimensions: maximum size of 50 to 110 mm [details]

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

Habitat: intertidal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160460
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Polinices heros (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160460 on 2013-05-25
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