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Pyrene flava

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Pyrene flava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pyrene
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Pyrene flava
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum flavum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym)
  • Colombella castanea Duclos, 1848 ·
  • Columbella faleonta Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella filmerae G.B. Sowerby III, 1900
  • Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Columbella flava var. ouveana Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella flavida Lamarck, 1822
  • Columbella flavida var. castanea Duclos, 1848
  • Columbella flexuosa Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865
  • Columbella lugubris Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella ouveana Hervier, R.P.J., 1899
  • Columbella rubicunda Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1832
  • Columbella undata Duclos, 1835
  • Pyrene flavida (Lamarck, 1822) ·
  • Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957
  • Pyrene undata (Duclos, 1840)

Pyrene flava, common name : the yellow dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Subspecies
  • Pyrene flava filmerae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  • Pyrene flava flava (Bruguière, 1789)

Description

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The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ a b Pyrene flava Bruguiere. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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