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Pyrene obtusa

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Pyrene obtusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Subfamily:
Atiliinae
Genus:
Pyrene
Species:
P. obtusa
Binomial name
Pyrene obtusa
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum lacteum Kiener, 1834
  • Columbella obtusa G.B. Sowerby, 1832 (basionym)
  • Columbella tringa var. tankervillei Hervier, 1899
  • Columbella zelina Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella zelina var. cylindra Hervier, 1899
  • Pyrene tankervillei (Hervier, 1899)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 18 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and Mauritius and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Pyrene obtusa. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius

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