Biology:Graphicomassa ligula

Short description: Species of gastropod

Graphicomassa ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Graphicomassa
Species:	G. ligula
Binomial name
Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1835)
Synonyms
Columbella acicula Reeve, 1858 Columbella carnea Hervier, R.P.J., 1899 Columbella lactea Duclos, 1835 Columbella ligula Duclos, 1835 (basionym) Columbella ligula var. carnea Hervier, 1899 Columbella ligula var. nivalis Hervier, 1899 Columbella nivalis Hervier, R.P.J., 1899 Columbella seychellensis Smith, 1884 Mitra insignis C.B. Adams, 1853 Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1840) Pyrene ligula (Duclos, 1835)

Graphicomassa ligula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm

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  Unicoloured form

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  Dotted form

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  Flame-like pattern

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  White with brown pattern

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Zealand

References

• Duclos P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Columbella, 1 p., 13 pls. Didot, Paris
• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll

External links

• "Mitrella (Graphicomassa) ligula" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_7325.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6882500 entry