| Pardalinops testudinaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Pardalinops |
| Species: | P. testudinaria |
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| Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807) | |
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Pardalinops testudinaria, common name : the tortoise dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania; off the Philippines; in the Western Pacific Ocean and off Australia.
References
- ^ Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. pp. 60–104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
External links
- "Pardalina testudinaria testudinaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben
- Duclos P.L. (1846-1850). Colombella. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes. Volume 4: pls 1-18
- Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Sowerby, G. B., I. (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published
- Souverbie (S.-M.) & Montrouzier [X.]. (1866). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 14: 138-151, pl. 6.
- 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 Colombelle. Didot, Paris. 13 pls
- Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.
- Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, (1824)−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, (...). London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls.
- Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8
- Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1905). New Japanese marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 57
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| Pardalinops testudinaria | |
| Columbella testudinaria | |
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