Graphicomassa margarita

Graphicomassa margarita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Graphicomassa
Species:	G. margarita
Binomial name
	Graphicomassa margarita; Reeve, 1859
Synonyms
	Columbella margarita Reeve, 1859 (original combination); Columbella varians; Mitrella margarita (Reeve, 1859);

Graphicomassa margarita, common name rice shells, Hawaiian name laiki,^[1] is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. The shells of this species are used to make Leis in Hawaii.

References

^ http://www.manandmollusc.net/Niihau/Mitrella-margarita.html

Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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