Hemilienardia subspurca explained

Hemilienardia subspurca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia and Taiwan.

References

• Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
• 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

• Hervier J. (1896 ["1895"]). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 43(3): 141-152
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295. 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• MNHN, Paris: syntype
• Gastropods.com: Kermia subspurcum

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hemilienardia subspurca (Hervier, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=980562 on 2019-07-03