Biology:Pyrene flava

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pyrene flava
Pyrene flava 01.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pyrene
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Pyrene flava
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum flavum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym)
  • Colombella castanea Duclos, 1848 ·
  • Columbella faleonta Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella filmerae G.B. Sowerby III, 1900
  • Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Columbella flava var. ouveana Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella flavida Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella flavida var. castanea Duclos, 1848
  • Columbella flexuosa Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865
  • Columbella lugubris Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella ouveana Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella rubicunda Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1832
  • Columbella undata Duclos, 1835
  • Pyrene flavida (Lamarck, 1822) ·
  • Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957
  • Pyrene undata (Duclos, 1840)

Pyrene flava, common name : the yellow dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Subspecies
  • Pyrene flava filmerae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  • Pyrene flava flava (Bruguière, 1789)

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar , Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pyrene flava Bruguiere. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q735980 entry