Lunella viridicallus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
| Lunella viridicallus | |
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| Shell of Lunella viridicallus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Lunella |
| Species: | L. viridicallus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lunella viridicallus (Jousseaume, 1892)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
edit- World Register of Marine Species
- Jousseaume, F. (1898). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 12(280): 251
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