Graphicomassa ligula

Graphicomassa ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Graphicomassa
Species: G. ligula
Binomial name
Graphicomassa ligula
(Duclos, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella acicula Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella carnea Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella lactea Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella ligula Duclos, 1835 (basionym)
  • Columbella ligula var. carnea Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella ligula var. nivalis Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nivalis Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella seychellensis Smith, 1884
  • Mitra insignis C.B. Adams, 1853
  • Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1840)
  • Pyrene ligula (Duclos, 1835)

Graphicomassa ligula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Zealand

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577124 on 2014-05-29

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