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| Shell of Smaragdia purpureomaculata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Smaragdia purpureomaculata Dekker, 2000[1] | |
Smaragdia purpureomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
Description
This species’s shell has been described as a thin sculpture, feeling smooth apart from on the very fine growth lines. Ovate in shape, the shell has a subtle level of translucency, with a whitish colour and murky yellowish-green spiral bands.[2] The length of the shell attains 2.8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.
References
- ↑ Dekker (2000). Vita Marina 47 (2) : 29–64. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- 1 2 Smaragdia purpureomaculata Dekker, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
External links
- Dekker, H., 2000. The Neritidae (Gastropoda) from the circumarabian seas, with the description of two new species, a new subgenus and a new genus. Vita Marina 47(2): 29-64
- Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). Denisia. 43: 1-480
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