Biology:Ecmanis ignea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ecmanis ignea
Shell of Ecmanis ignea
Scientific classification edit
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Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/EcmanisEcmanis ignea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum igneum Gmelin, 1790
  • Buccinum pictum Reeve, 1846 junior homonym (of Buccinum pictum Dunker, Nov.1846 [Reeve's name is from Dec. 1846] )
  • Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tritonium buccinulum Röding, 1798 junior subjective synonym

Ecmanis ignea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Description

Its size ranges from 20 to 52 mm.[2]

This species differs from other Pisania species by its light weight in proportion to shell size and fragile appearance. In the most senile specimens, only the first posterior labial denticles are distinct, and are followed by 4-5 blunt, almost obsolete denticleswhich are indicated as swellings. The early whorls are prominently granulose, but the last two whorls have only obsolete spiral threads or grooves.[3]

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, and Guam.[4]

References

  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

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