Hemilienardia purpurascens

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Hemilienardia purpurascens
Original image of Hemilienardia purpurascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Hemilienardia
Species:
H. purpurascens
Binomial name
Hemilienardia purpurascens
(Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella pulchella Garrett, 1873 (invalid: junior homonym of Clathurella pulchella Pease, 1860)
  • Clathurella purpurascens Dunker, 1871 (original combination)
  • Glyphostoma purpurascens (Dunker, 1871)
  • Lienardia purpurascens (Dunker, 1871)

Hemilienardia purpurascens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The shell is rose-red to violaceous, with a central white band. The outer lip is 5–6 toothed within.[2]

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