Hemilienardia malleti
Hemilienardia malleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Hemilienardia malleti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Hemilienardia |
| Species: | H. malleti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemilienardia malleti (Récluz, 1852) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.
The shell is rose-red with a median white band. The inner margin of the aperture shows 5-6 closely set teeth.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific and off Taiwan.
References
- MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hemilienardia malleti (Récluz, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217103 on 2019-07-01
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Récluz, C., 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 249-259
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
- Gastropods.com: Hemilienardia malleti
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