Lovellona atramentosa | |
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Shell of Lovellona atramentosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Lovellona |
Species: | L. atramentosa
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Binomial name | |
Lovellona atramentosa (
Reeve, 1849)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Lovellona atramentosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. [1]
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm
The shell is encircled by finely pricked grooves. It has a chestnut-color with generally a few white spots on the shoulder, and is white-tinted at the base. [2]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll, Mozambique and KwaZuluNatal, in the Indo-West Pacific.
Lovellona atramentosa | |
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Shell of Lovellona atramentosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Lovellona |
Species: | L. atramentosa
|
Binomial name | |
Lovellona atramentosa (
Reeve, 1849)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Lovellona atramentosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae. [1]
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 13 mm
The shell is encircled by finely pricked grooves. It has a chestnut-color with generally a few white spots on the shoulder, and is white-tinted at the base. [2]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll, Mozambique and KwaZuluNatal, in the Indo-West Pacific.