Alcyna ocellata

Alcyna ocellata
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Alcyna ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Alcyna
Species: A. ocellata
Binomial name
Alcyna ocellata
A. Adams, 1860
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcyna kapiolantae Pilsbry, 1917
  • Alcyna kuhnsi Pilsbry, 1917
  • Alcyna kuhnsi humerosa Pilsbry, 1917
  • Alcyna kuhnsi kuhnsi Pilsbry, H.A., 1917
  • Alcyna lepida A. Adams, 1860
  • Alcyna rubra Pease, 1861
  • Thalotia ocellata (A. Adams, 1860)

Alcyna ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm. The shell is smooth and imperforate. The whorls are slightly convex. They are pale crimson, the last encircled by occellated spots. The columella terminates in a prominent acute denticle. The operculum is non-calcareous. [3]

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off Japan, New Caledonia and Hawaii.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593740 on 2012-11-23
  2. ↑ Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Alcyna ocellata
NCBI 648600
WoRMS 593740
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