Pardalinops testudinaria

Pardalinops testudinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pardalinops
Species: P. testudinariaa
Binomial name
Columbella pardalina
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella anitis Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella electroides Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella fabula G.B. Sowerby, 1844
  • Columbella japonica Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella lactescens Souverbie, 1866
  • Columbella padonosta Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella palmerina Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822
  • 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, 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)

Pardalinops testudinaria, common name : the tortoise dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, in the Western Pacific Ocean and off Australia.

References


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