Euplica scripta

Euplica scripta
Euplica scripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Euplica
Species: E. scripta
Binomial name
Euplica scripta
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum flexuosum Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella araneosa Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella atladona Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella collaris Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella cornea Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella coronata Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella deveyrai Bartsch, 1918
  • Columbella idulia Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella nivosa Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella ouveensis Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella perlaevis G.B. Sowerby, 1905
  • Columbella rasotia Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella scripta Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella tigrina Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella versicolor G.B. Sowerby II, 1832
  • Columbella versicolor var. hebridarum Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella versicolor var. ouveensis Hervier, 1899
  • Mitrella (Mitrella) flexuosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Pyrene versicolor Sowerby, G.B. I, 1832
  • Voluta nasuta Gmelin, 1790

Euplica scripta, common name : the dotted 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 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed over the entire Indo-Pacific and along Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511780  on 6 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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