Pyrene punctata

Pyrene punctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pyrene
Species:
P. punctata
Binomial name
Pyrene punctata
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinum rhombiferum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Buccinum punctatum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym)
  • Columbella leucosticta Link, 1807
  • Columbella semipunctata Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella torva Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Columbella zellina Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Pyrene morrisoni Willan, 2001 [1]
  • Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957
  • Pyrene rhombiferum Bolten, 1798
  • Voluta discors Gmelin, 1790

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]

Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 26 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Western Pacific and along Australia.

References

  1. ^ Willan (2001). Vita Marina 47 (4) : 185–193. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Pyrene punctata Willan, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  • "Pyrene punctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
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