Graphicomassa ligula

Graphicomassa ligula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
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)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm

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  Unicoloured form
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  Dotted form
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  Flame-like pattern
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  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

External links

• "Mitrella (Graphicomassa) ligula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.