Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: Heilprinia |
| Species: Heilprinia equalis (Emmons, 1858) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Duplin Formation [Common] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Raysor Formation [Common] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Questionable/rare] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy:
Previously listed as Fusinus equalis on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life.
Synonymous with Heilprinia equalis and Fusus equalis Emmons, 1858 (original combination).
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Emmons, 1858, p. 250-251):
“Shell thick, spire rather short, conical; whirls eight rounded and somewhat ventricose, and ornamented by numerous spiral subequal lines, coarser and more distant upon the back and rostrum; aperture and rostrum rather less than twice the length of the spire; outer lip ridged internally; pillar lip spirally ridged. Miocene of Cape Fear River.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on April 27, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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