Euplica turturina

Euplica turturina
Euplica turturina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Euplica
Species: E. turturina
Binomial name
Euplica turturina
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella palumbina Gould, 1845
  • Columbella sandwichensis Pease, 1861
  • Columbella turturina Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Pyrene turturina (Lamarck, 1822)

Euplica turturina, common name : the turtle dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 16 mm

Distribution

This species has been found in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, North Transkei, Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, Mozambique and in the Indo- West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Euplica turturina (Lamarck, 1822) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511781  on 6 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

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