Pyrene flava

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

Pyrene flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Subfamily:
Atiliinae
Genus:
Pyrene
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Pyrene flava
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum flavum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym)
  • Columbella faleonta Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella filmerae G.B. Sowerby, 1900
  • Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Columbella flava var. ouveana Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella flavida Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella flavida var. castanea Duclos, 1848
  • Columbella flexuosus Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865
  • Columbella lugubris Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella rubicunda Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1832
  • Columbella tringa Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Columbella undata Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella ouveana Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Pyrene flava Bruguiere. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • "Pyrene flava". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.


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