Graphicomassa margarita, common name rice shells, Hawaiian name laiki,[1] is a species of small sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. The shells of this species are used to make leis in Hawaii.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Graphicomassa |
Species: | G. margarita
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Binomial name | |
Graphicomassa margarita Reeve, 1859
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References
edit- Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.