Pictocolumbella ocellata

Pictocolumbella ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Pictocolumbella
Species:	P. ocellata
Binomial name
	Pictocolumbella ocellata; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
	Columbella fulgurans Lamarck, 1822; Columbella fulgurans fulgurans Dupuis, 1931; Columbella fulgurans var. albocincta Friedrick, 1957; Columbella fulgurans var. eufulgurans Melvill & Standen, 1899; Columbella fuliginosa Dupuis, 1931; Columbella mitriformis King & Broderip, 1831; Columbella ocellata Link, 1807 (basionym); Columbella punctata Lamarck, 1822; Pyrene ocellata (Link, 1807);

Pictocolumbella ocellata, common name : the lightning dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 20 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Western Pacific

References[]

^ ^a ^b Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links[]

"Pictocolumbella ocellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.

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