Pardalinops testudinaria

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.[1]

Pardalinops testudinaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pardalinops
Species:
P. testudinaria
Binomial name
Pardalinops testudinaria
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella anitis Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella electroides Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella fabula G.B. Sowerby I, 1844
  • Columbella japonica Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella lactescens Souverbie, 1866
  • Columbella padonosta Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella palmerina Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella pardalina subcribraria Pilsbry, 1905 (suspected synonym)
  • Columbella pardalina var. andamanica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875
  • Columbella pardalina var. bifasciata Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. crocea Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. elongatula Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. fulgurata Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. lanc eolata Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. laxa Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. minor Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. nigrescens Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. picturata Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pardalina var. sublactescen Hervier, 1900
  • Columbella pelotina Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella picta Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella quintilia Duclos, 1848
  • Columbella sagena Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella sulcata Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella testudinaria Link, 1807
  • Columbella tylerae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
  • Columbella virginea Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella vulpecula G.B. Sowerby I, 1844
  • Columbella zopilla Duclos, 1848
  • Pardalina testudinaria (Link, 1807)
  • Pyrene lacteoides Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Pyrene subcrebraria Pilsbry, 1905
  • Pyrene testudinaria (Link, 1807)
  • Pyrene testudinaria nigropardalis Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Pyrene tylerae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Pyrene vulpecula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)

Description

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The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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