Misplaced Pages

Lunella viridicallus

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of gastropod

Lunella viridicallus
Shell of Lunella viridicallus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lunella
Species: L. viridicallus
Binomial name
Lunella viridicallus
(Jousseaume, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Turbo viridicallus (Jousseaume, 1892)
  • Turbo (Lunella) viridicallus Jousseaume, 1892

Lunella viridicallus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.2 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2021)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Lunella viridicallus (Jousseaume, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581915 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 69-72, pls 96-103.
  • Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. (2000). Checklist of Red Sea Mollusca . Spirula. 47 Supplement : 1-46

External links

Taxon identifiers
Lunella viridicallus


Stub icon

This Turbinidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: