Hinea brasiliana

Hinea brasiliana
An apertural view of a shell of Hinea brasiliana by Henry Suter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Planaxidae
Genus: Hinea
Species:
H. brasiliana
Binomial name
Hinea brasiliana
(Lamarck, 1822)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinum brasilianum Lamarck, 1822
  • Planaxis mollis Sowerby, 1823
  • Planaxis brazilianus (Lamarck, 1822)

Hinea brasiliana, common name the yellow-coated clusterwink, is a species of small sea snail, a gastropod mollusc in the family Planaxidae.[3] It is native to New Zealand and southeastern Australia where it is found in the littoral zone of rocky shores. It is one of only a few sea snail species able to bioluminesce.

  1. ^ Lamarck J.-B. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, 7: page 272.
  2. ^ Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington, 1120 pp. page 194, plate 38, fig. 29.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Gary (2014). "Hinea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1822)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-21.