Pollia fumosa

Pollia fumosa, common name : the smoky goblet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Pollia fumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Pisaniidae
Genus:
Pollia
Species:
P. fumosa
Binomial name
Pollia fumosa
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum fumosum Dillwyn, 1817
  • Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Tritonidea fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817)

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania and the Western Pacific Ocean.

References
  1. Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • 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.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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