Pictocolumbella ocellata
| Pictocolumbella ocellata |
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| 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)
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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]
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
- 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.
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