Pyrene punctata

Pyrene punctata
Pyrene punctata
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. punctata
Binomial name
Pyrene punctata
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum rhombiferum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Buccinum punctatum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym)
  • Columbella leucosticta Link, 1807
  • Columbella semipunctata Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella torva Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Columbella zellina Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Pyrene morrisoni Willan, 2001 [2]
  • Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957
  • Pyrene rhombiferum Bolten, 1798
  • Voluta discors Gmelin, 1790

Pyrene punctata, common name : the telescoped 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 14 mm and 26 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Western Pacific and along Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Pyrene punctata Willan, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Willan (2001). Vita Marina 47 (4) : 185-193. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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