Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Subfamily Atiliinae Scientific name Pyrene flava Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Columbellidae Genus Pyrene Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Pyrene punctata, Pardalinops testudinaria, Pictocolumbella ocellata, Euplica, Euplica scripta | ||
Pyrene flava, common name : the yellow dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
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