Biology:Hemilienardia notopyrrha
| Hemilienardia notopyrrha | |
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| Original image of a shell of Hemilienardia notopyrrha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Hemilienardia |
| Species: | H. notopyrrha
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemilienardia notopyrrha (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia (Glyphostoma) notopyrrha Melvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination) | |
Hemilienardia notopyrrha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description) This is a pure-white turreted little species, with a conspicuous dorsal squarrose brown spot just below the suture of the body whorl. The shell contains seven whorls. The whorls are ventricose and ribbed longitudinally, crossed with a few conspicuous lirae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is much thickened with large denticles on the inner surface, and the columella is toothed. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and Mactan Island, the Philippines
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hemilienardia notopyrrha (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=980553 on 2019-07-02
- ↑ Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Wiedrick S.G. (2017). Aberrant geomorphological affinities in four conoidean gastropod genera, Clathurella Carpenter, 1857 (Clathurellidae), Lienardia Jousseaume, 1884 (Clathurellidae), Etrema Hedley, 1918 (Clathurellidae) and Hemilienardia Boettger, 1895 (Raphitomidae), with the description of fourteen new Hemilienardia species from the Indo-Pacific. The Festivus. special issue: 2-45.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q61700488 entry
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