Euplica festiva

Euplica festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Euplica festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Euplica
Species:
E. festiva
Binomial name
Euplica festiva
(Deshayes, G.P. in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella albinodulosa Gaskoin, 1851
  • Columbella albinodulosa ogasawarana Pilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Columbella azora Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella festiva de Laborde, 1928
  • Columbella festiva Deshayes, 1834 (basionym)
  • Columbella indica Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella seychellarum Martens, 1903
  • Euplica albinodulosa albinodulosa Gaskoin, J.S., 1851
  • Euplica azora Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Euplica lipparinii Cossignani, 2005
  • Euplica prellei Cossignani, 2005
  • Euplica reticulata Cossigani, 2005
  • Nitidella seychellarum Martens, E.C. von, 1904
  • Pyrene azora (Duclos, 1840)

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 11 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Seychelles and Réunion and along West India, the Bonin Islands and south of Japan.

References
  1. Euplica festiva (Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2016.
  • "Euplica festiva". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.


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