Pictocolumbella ocellata

Pictocolumbella ocellata
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]
  • Columbella fulgurans Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella fulgurans fulgurans Dupuis, 1931
  • Columbella fulgurans var. albocincta Friedrick, 1957
  • Columbella fulgurans var. eufulgurans Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Columbella fuliginosa Dupuis, 1931
  • Columbella mitriformis King & Broderip, 1831
  • Columbella ocellata Link, 1807 (basionym)
  • Columbella punctata Lamarck, 1822
  • Pyrene ocellata (Link, 1807)

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

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