Alcyna lucida
Alcyna lucida, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[1]
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Alcyna lucida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Alcyna |
| Species: | A. lucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcyna lucida (H. Adams, 1868) | |
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Description
The rather solid, imperforate. subpellucid shell is white, with subdistant spiral riblets, and very minute longitudinal striae. The five, convex whorls show an impressed suture. The columellar tooth and external varix are strong.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Alcyna lucida (H. Adams, 1868) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023121 on 2018-08-30
- Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae (described as Rissoia lucida)
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