Lunella viridicallus | |
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Shell of Lunella viridicallus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea.
References
- ^ 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
- 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
- World Register of Marine Species
- Jousseaume, F. (1898). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 12(280): 251
Taxon identifiers | |
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Lunella viridicallus |
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