Graphicomassa ligula

Graphicomassa ligula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Graphicomassa ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Graphicomassa
Species:
G. ligula
Binomial name
Graphicomassa ligula
(Duclos, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella acicula Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella carnea Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella lactea Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella ligula Duclos, 1835 (basionym)
  • Columbella ligula var. carnea Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella ligula var. nivalis Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella nivalis Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella seychellensis Smith, 1884
  • Mitra insignis C.B. Adams, 1853
  • Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1840)
  • Pyrene ligula (Duclos, 1835)

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Zealand

References
  1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577124 on 29 May 2014
  • Duclos P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Columbella, 1 p., 13 pls. Didot, Paris
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
  • "Mitrella (Graphicomassa) ligula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.


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