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Brown Moonsnail Polinices hepaticus

Classification

Naticidae [family]
Polinices [genus] (3)
hepaticus [species]

Classification

Naticidae [family]
Polinices [genus] (3)
hepaticus [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
  • Curaçao
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

  • Publications

    • Coomans, H.E. 1963. The marine Mollusca of St. Martin, Lesser Antilles, collected by H.J. Krebs. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 16: 59-87.
    • Hewitt, S.J. & Leeuwen, S. van 2017. Marine molluscs from the island of St. Eustatius, Eastern Caribbean: results of the Statia Marine Biodiversity Expedition 2015. Vita Malacologica 16: 44-79.
    • Jong, K.M. de & Coomans, H.E. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. 261 pp.. E.H. Brill, Leiden.
    • Jong, K.M. de & Kristensen, I. 1965. Gegevens over mariene gastropoden van Curaçao. Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Supplement 56.
    • Leeuwen, S. van & Hewitt, S.J. 2016. Molluscs of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 83-112. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.