Hemilienardia notopyrrha
Species of gastropod
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Hemilienardia notopyrrha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Hemilienardia notopyrrha | |
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| Original image of a shell of Hemilienardia notopyrrha | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Hemilienardia |
| Species: | H. notopyrrha |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemilienardia notopyrrha (Melvill & Standen, 1896) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mangilia (Glyphostoma) notopyrrha Melvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description) This is a pure-white turreted little species, with a conspicuous dorsal squarrose brown spot just below the suture of the body whorl. The shell contains seven whorls. The whorls are ventricose and ribbed longitudinally, crossed with a few conspicuous lirae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is much thickened with large denticles on the inner surface, and the columella is toothed. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and Mactan Island, the Philippines
