Biology:Pollia fumosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pollia fumosa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Pollia
Species:
P. fumosa
Binomial name
Pollia fumosa
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum fumosum Dillwyn, 1817
  • Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Tritonidea fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817)

Pollia fumosa, common name : the smoky goblet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania and the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN:2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN:91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7225667 entry