Heteropoda

By Gotthard Richter and Roger R. Seapy

Heteropoda are holopelagic caenogastropod molluscs; 34 species have been recorded from the South Atlantic Ocean and are dealt with in this chapter.

Contents
He. 1 Introduction
He. 2 Methods
He. 3 Geographic and vertical distribution - General patterns
He. 4 Distribution in the South Atlantic Ocean
He. 5 Characters of taxonomic importance
He. 6 Acknowledgements
He. 7 Suggested reading

Identification
There is no key available. Identification of South Atlantic heteropods must be carried out by comparison of diagnoses for family, genus and species.

Species
See Superfamily Carinarioidea for heteropod genera. On this page there is also a list of South Atlantic species.

For the species, see pages Protatlanta souleyeti to Pterotrachea hippocampus in the Species module.