Persicula pulchella

Persicula pulchella
Persicula pulchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Persiculinae
Genus: Persicula
Species: P. pulchella
Binomial name
Persicula pulchella
(Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Marginella pulchella Kiener, 1834

Persicula pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 7 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Persicula pulchella (Kiener, 1834).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517284  on 5 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

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