Hemilienardia malleti

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Hemilienardia malleti
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A shell of Hemilienardia malleti
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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 pinguisGarrett, 1873
  • Lienardia malleti(Récluz, 1852)
  • Pleurotoma malletiRécluz, 1852 (original combination)

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

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Description

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .