Pseudamycla dermestoidea

Pseudamycla dermestoidea
Two shells of Pseudamycla dermestoidea (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pseudamycla
Species: P. dermestoidea
Binomial name
Pseudamycla dermestoidea
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum dermestoideum Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)
  • Columbella (Mitrella) lineolata Tryon, 1883
  • Columbella maculosa Pease, 1871

Pseudamycla dermestoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.

The small shell is ovate, oblong, smooth and polished. The whitish, somewhat obtuse spire is composed of five or six slightly convex whorls. It is covered with small, ocellated, reddish points, forming an indistinct network. The sutures are surrounded above by a small band of alternating white and red spots, while the lower part is marked by another brown band, sometimes broken by distant white spots. The middle of the body whorl is surrounded by a subcrenulated red band, interrupted by white spots. At the base of the whorl are seen transverse striae, and a small brown band. The aperture is ovate. The thin outer lip is slightly denticulated. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off West Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania

References

  1. ↑ Monsecour, K. (2015). Pseudamycla dermestoidea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511865 on 2016-05-09
  2. ↑ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum dermestoïdeum)
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