Lunella viridicallus

Lunella viridicallus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lunella
Species: L. viridicallus
Binomial name
Lunella viridicallus
(Jousseaume, 1892)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo viridicallus (Jousseaume, 1892)
  • Turbo (Lunella) viridicallus Jousseaume, 1892

Lunella viridicallus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Lunella viridicallus (Jousseaume, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581915 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 69-72, pls 96-103.
External identifiers for Lunella viridicallus
WoRMS 581915


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