Rhombinella laevigata

Rhombinella laevigata
Two shells of Rhombinella laevigata (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:	Rhombinella
Species:	R. laevigata
Binomial name
Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Buccinum laevigatumLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Columbella ala-perdicisReeve, 1859 Columbella concinnaG. B. Sowerby I, 1822 Columbella irrorataReeve, 1859 Columbella levigataDuclos, 1848 Nitidella laevigata(Linnaeus, 1758) Nitidella laevigata hendersoniDall, 1908 Nitidella laevigata laevigata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rhombinella laevigata, common name the smooth dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

The ovate, oblong shell is smooth, shining, and of a reddish or whitish yellow. It is ornamented with small longitudinal lines, waved, vermiculated or flexuous, of a chestnut color. The epidermis is greenish. The spire is composed of six whorls, the lower larger than all the others together. At the base of each whorl of the spire, is found a transverse band of slightly apparent, articulated black points. A band, more strongly marked, the points of which are more distinctly observable, surrounds the body whorl. The aperture is ovate, subdilated, and smooth. The siphonal canal is short and feebly emarginated. The white columella is nearly straight. The outer lip is smooth, rarely denticulated, white and slightly sharp. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico.

References

1. Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
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 laevigatum Linnaeus, 1758)

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• "Rhombinella laevigata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.