Pollia undosa
| Pollia undosa | |
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| Live specimen of Pollia undosa, in Bunaken, Sulawesi | |
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| Shell of Pollia undosa from New Zealand at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pisaniinae |
| Genus: | Pollia |
| Species: | P. undosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pollia undosa (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pollia undosa, common name : the waved goblet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm, with the average size ranging from 35 mm to 40 mm. Usually the shell has dark brown ribs and orange background, but there are several different variation of color. This species mainly inhabits reef and lagoons but it is widespread in a variety of different habitats. It is an active hunter of other molluscs, feeding on snails, slugs, mussels and clams.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos and Tanzania and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pollia undosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- 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
- Arianna Fulvo et Roberto Nistri (2005). 350 coquillages du monde entier. Delachaux et Niestlé (Paris) : 256 p.
- Jerome M. Eisenberg – Conchiglie – Istituto Geografico De Agostini (1981)