Graphicomassa ligula
Appearance
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Graphicomassa ligula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Graphicomassa |
Species: | G. ligula
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Binomial name | |
Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1835)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Graphicomassa ligula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm
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Unicoloured form
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Dotted form
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Flame-like pattern
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White with brown pattern
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Zealand
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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 29 May 2014
- Duclos P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Columbella, 1 p., 13 pls. Didot, Paris
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
External links
[edit]- "Mitrella (Graphicomassa) ligula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.