Pictocolumbella ocellata
| Pictocolumbella ocellata | |
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| Pictocolumbella ocellata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Pictocolumbella |
| Species: | P. ocellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pictocolumbella ocellata, common name : the lightning 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 13 mm and 20 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Western Pacific
References
- 1 2 Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
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