Pictocolumbella ocellata

Pictocolumbella ocellata, common name : the lightning dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Pictocolumbella ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Pictocolumbella
Species:
P. ocellata
Binomial name
Pictocolumbella ocellata
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella fulgurans Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella fulgurans fulgurans Dupuis, 1931
  • Columbella fulgurans var. albocincta Friedrick, 1957
  • Columbella fulgurans var. eufulgurans Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Columbella fuliginosa Dupuis, 1931
  • Columbella mitriformis King & Broderip, 1831
  • Columbella ocellata Link, 1807 (basionym)
  • Columbella punctata Lamarck, 1822
  • Pyrene ocellata (Link, 1807)

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Western Pacific

References
  1. Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.