Alcyna ocellata
| Alcyna ocellata | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Alcyna ocellata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Alcyna |
| Species: | A. ocellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alcyna ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 2 mm. The shell is smooth and imperforate. The whorls are slightly convex. They are pale crimson, the last encircled by occellated spots. The columella terminates in a prominent acute denticle. The operculum is non-calcareous. [3]
Distribution
This marine shell occurs off Japan, New Caledonia and Hawaii.
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Alcyna ocellata A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593740 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103 page(s): 20
External links
| External identifiers for Alcyna ocellata | |
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| NCBI | 648600 |
| WoRMS | 593740 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
- To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Alcyna ocellata
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