Smaragdia purpureomaculata
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| Smaragdia purpureomaculata | |
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| Shell of Smaragdia purpureomaculata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Smaragdia |
| Species: | S. purpureomaculata |
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| Smaragdia purpureomaculata | |
Smaragdia purpureomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
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.
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