Nevillia lucida
| Nevillia lucida | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Nevillia lucida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: | Nevillia |
| Species: | N. lucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Nevillia lucida H. Adams, 1868 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rissoia lucida H. Adams, 1868 | |
Nevillia lucida, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[1]
Description
The rather solid, imperforate. subpellucid shell is white, with subdistant spiral riblets, and very minute longitudinal striae. The five, convex whorls show an impressed suture. The columellar tooth and external varix are strong.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Nevillia lucida H. Adams, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598117 on 2013-04-14
- ↑ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae (described as Rissoia lucida)
External links
| External identifiers for Nevillia lucida | |
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| WoRMS | 598117 |
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