Pyrene punctata, common name : the telescoped dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Pyrene |
Species: | P. punctata
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Binomial name | |
Pyrene punctata (Bruguière, 1789)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 14 mm and 26 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Western Pacific and along Australia.
References
edit- ^ Willan (2001). Vita Marina 47 (4) : 185–193. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Pyrene punctata Willan, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
External links
edit- "Pyrene punctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.