Pardalinops testudinaria

Pardalinops testudinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Pardalinops
Species:	P. testudinariaa
Binomial name
Columbella pardalina (Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
Columbella anitis Duclos, 1846 Columbella electroides Reeve, 1858 Columbella fabula G.B. Sowerby, 1844 Columbella japonica Reeve, 1858 Columbella lactescens Souverbie, 1866 Columbella padonosta Duclos, 1835 Columbella palmerina Duclos, 1835 Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822 Columbella pelotina Duclos, 1835 Columbella picta Reeve, 1859 Columbella quintilia Duclos, 1848 Columbella sagena Reeve, 1859 Columbella sulcata Duclos, 1835 Columbella testudinaria Link, 1807 Columbella tylerae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 Columbella virginea Duclos, 1835 Columbella vulpecula G.B. Sowerby, 1844 Columbella zopilla Duclos, 1848 Pardalina testudinaria (Link, 1807) Pyrene lacteoides Habe & Kosuge, 1966 Pyrene subcrebraria Pilsbry, 1905 Pyrene testudinaria (Link, 1807) Pyrene testudinaria nigropardalis Habe & Kosuge, 1966 Pyrene tylerae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)

Pardalinops testudinaria, common name : the tortoise dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, in the Western Pacific Ocean and off Australia.

References

1. Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com : Pardalina testudinaria testudinaria; accessed : 5 November 2010