Lovellona atramentosa

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Lovellona atramentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Lovellona
Species: L. atramentosa
Binomial name
Lovellona atramentosa
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus atramentosus Reeve, 1849 (basionym)
  • Mitromorpha atramentosa Reeve

Lovellona atramentosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll, Mozambique and KwaZuluNatal, in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lovellona atramentosa (Reeve, 1849) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 March 2011.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition

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