Lovellona peaseana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Lovellona peaseana
Shell of Lovellona peaseana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Lovellona
Species:
L. peaseana
Binomial name
Lovellona peaseana
Finlay H.J., 1927
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus fusiformis Pease, 1861 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus fusiformis Lamarck, 1810; .Conus parvus Pease, 1868, is a replacement name)
  • Conus parvus Pease, 1868 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus parvus I. Lea, 1833; Lovellona peaseana is a replacement name)
  • Mitromorpha peaseana (Finlay, 1927)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 6.5 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Hawaii

References

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  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758–1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
  • Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition.
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  • "Lovellona peaseana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.