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Hemilienardia malleti

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Hemilienardia malleti
A shell of Hemilienardia malleti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella pinguis Garrett, 1873
  • Lienardia malleti (Récluz, 1852)
  • Pleurotoma malleti Récluz, 1852 (original combination)

Hemilienardia malleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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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

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This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific and off Taiwan.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • 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
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • MNHN, Paris: syntype
  • Gastropods.com: Hemilienardia malleti