Pictocolumbella ocellata

Pictocolumbella ocellata
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)

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.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Pictocolumbella ocellata; accessed : 4 November 2010

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