Hinea brasiliana

Hinea brasiliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Planaxidae
Genus: Hinea
Species: H. brasiliana
Binomial name
Hinea brasiliana
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms

Buccinum brasilianum Lamarck, 1822
Planaxis mollis Sowerby, 1823
Planaxis brazilianus Suter, 1913

Hinea brasiliana is a species of small sea snail in the family Planaxidae. It is one of only a few sea snail species able to bioluminesce.[1]

References

  1. ^ Deheyn, Dimitri D.; Wilson, Nerida G. (15 December 2010). "Bioluminescent signals spatially amplified by wavelength-specific diffusion through the shell of a marine snail". Proceedings of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2203. 

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