''Pardalinops'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) Wo ...
; the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pardalinops'' include:
* ''
Pardalinops aspersa''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* ''
Pardalinops borroni''
Thach, 2018
* ''
Pardalinops jousseaumei''
(Drivas & Jay, 1997)
* ''
Pardalinops marmorata''
(Gray, 1839)
*''
Pardalinops propinqua''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
Pardalinops testudinaria
''Pardalinops testudinaria'', common name : the tortoise dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm
Distr ...
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(Link, 1807)
References
* deMaintenon, M. (2008). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 14. The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition. Zoologische Mededelingen. 82(34):341-374.
External links
Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 165-223
Columbellidae
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