Graphicomassa ligula explained

Graphicomassa ligula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific and off New Zealand

References

• Duclos P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Columbella, 1 p., 13 pls. Didot, Paris
• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577124 on 29 May 2014