Hemilienardia minor explained
Hemilienardia minor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4½ mm, its diameter 1¾ mm.
(Original description) it can only be distinguished from Hemilienardia apiculata (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1864) which has not yet been found at the Andamans, by its smaller size The row of opaque, white spots on the back of the body whorl are very characteristic. It is nearest allied to Hemilienardia malleti (Récluz, 1852) which also lives at the Andamans and under precisely similar conditions.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands
References
- Wiedrick S.G. (2017). Aberrant geomorphological affinities in four conoidean gastropod genera, Clathurella Carpenter, 1857 (Clathurellidae), Lienardia Jousseaume, 1884 (Clathurellidae), Etrema Hedley, 1918 (Clathurellidae) and Hemilienardia Boettger, 1895 (Raphitomidae), with the descriptionof fourteen new Hemilienardia species from the Indo-Pacific. The Festivus. special issue: 2-45.
External links
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hemilienardia contortula (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=980546 on 2019-06-30
- https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018 Nevill G. & Nevill H. (1875) Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 44(2): 83–104, pls. 7–8
