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

  • Unicoloured form
    Unicoloured form
  • Dotted form
    Dotted form
  • Flame-like pattern
    Flame-like pattern
  • White with brown pattern
    White with brown pattern

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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