Pyrene flava

Pyrene flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Subfamily:	Atiliinae
Genus:	Pyrene
Species:	P. flava
Binomial name
Pyrene flava (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum flavum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym) Columbella faleonta Duclos, 1835 Columbella filmerae G.B. Sowerby, 1900 Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789) Columbella flava var. ouveana Hervier, 1899 Columbella flavida Lamarck, 1822 Columbella flavida var. castanea Duclos, 1848 Columbella flexuosus Duclos, 1835 Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865 Columbella lugubris Kiener, 1841 Columbella rubicunda Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1832 Columbella tringa Duclos, P.L., 1840 Columbella undata Duclos, 1835 Columbella ouveana Hervier, R.P.J., 1899 Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957

Pyrene flava, common name : the yellow 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 12 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. Pyrene flava Bruguiere.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

External links

• Gastropods.com : Pyrene flava; accessed : 4 November 2010