Graphicomassa ligula
| Graphicomassa ligula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Graphicomassa |
| Species: | G. ligula |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1835) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Graphicomassa ligula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Zealand
References
- 1 2 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 2014-05-29
- 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
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