Biology:Euplica festiva

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Euplica festiva
Euplica festiva (MNHN-IM-2000-6344).jpeg
Shell of Euplica festiva (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Euplica
Species:
E. festiva
Binomial name
Euplica festiva
(Deshayes, G.P. in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella (Nitidella) seychellarum E. von Martens, 1904 (basionym)
  • Columbella albinodulosa Gaskoin, 1851
  • Columbella albinodulosa ogasawarana Pilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Columbella azora Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella festiva de Laborde, 1928
  • Columbella festiva Deshayes, 1834 (original combination)
  • Columbella indica Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella seychellarum Martens, 1903
  • Euplica reticulata Cossigani, 2005
  • Pyrene azora (Duclos, 1840)

Euplica festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 11 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar , the Seychelles and Réunion and along West India , the Bonin Islands and south of Japan .

  • Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, 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.

References

  • Cossignani T. (2005) Nuove Euplica del Madagascar (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Neogastropoda, Muricoidea). Malacologia Mostra Mondiala 46: 4-5.
  • Martens, E. von. (1904). Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. A. Systematisch-geographischer Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia". 7(A): 1–146, pls i–v.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5410855 entry