Pisania ignea
| Pisania ignea | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Pisania |
| Species: | P. ignea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1790) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Buccinum igneum Gmelin, 1790 | |
Pisania ignea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
Description
Pisania ignea is classified as gastropoda caenogastropoda, Its size ranges from 20 to 52 mm.[2]
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, and Guam.[3]
References
- ^ a b Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1790). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Pisania ignea".
- ^ "Pisania ignea (Gmelin, 1791)".
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.