Alcyna ocellata

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Alcyna ocellata
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Shell of Alcyna ocellata (syntype at MNHN, paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Alcyna
Species:
A. ocellata
Binomial name
Alcyna ocellata
A. Adams, 1860
Synonyms [1]
  • Alcyna kapiolantaePilsbry, 1917
  • Alcyna kuhnsiPilsbry, 1917
  • Alcyna kuhnsi humerosaPilsbry, 1917
  • Alcyna kuhnsi kuhnsiPilsbry, H.A., 1917
  • Alcyna lepidaA. Adams, 1860
  • Alcyna rubraPease, 1861
  • Thalotia ocellata(A. Adams, 1860)

Alcyna ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1] [2]

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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 ocellated 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.

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References

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia