Alcyna lucida

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Alcyna lucida
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Alcyna lucida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Alcyna
Species:
A. lucida
Binomial name
Alcyna lucida
(H. Adams, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Nevillia lucidaH. Adams, 1868
  • Rissoia lucidaH. Adams, 1868

Alcyna lucida, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. [1]

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Description

The rather solid, imperforate. subpellucid shell is white, with subdistant spiral riblets, and very minute longitudinal striae. The five, convex whorls show an impressed suture. The columellar tooth and external varix are strong. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Alcyna lucida (H. Adams, 1868) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023121 on 2018-08-30
  2. Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae (described as Rissoia lucida)