Euplica festiva
Shell of Euplica festiva (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Euplica
Species:
E. festiva
Binomial name
Euplica festiva
(Deshayes, G.P. in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella (Nitidella) seychellarum E. von Martens, 1904 (basionym)
  • Columbella albinodulosa Gaskoin, 1851
  • Columbella albinodulosa ogasawarana Pilsbry, H.A., 1904
  • Columbella azora Duclos, 1835
  • Columbella festiva de Laborde, 1928
  • Columbella festiva Deshayes, 1834 (original combination)
  • Columbella indica Reeve, 1858
  • Columbella seychellarum Martens, 1903
  • Euplica reticulata Cossigani, 2005
  • Pyrene azora (Duclos, 1840)

Euplica festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 7 mm and 11 mm.

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Seychelles and Réunion and along West India, the Bonin Islands and south of Japan.

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