Pardalinops testudinarius

Pardalinops testudinarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Pardalinops
Species:	P. testudinarius
Binomial name
Pardalinops testudinarius (Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
Columbella anitis Duclos, 1846 Columbella electroides Reeve, 1858 Columbella fabula G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 Columbella japonica Reeve, 1858 Columbella lactescens Souverbie, 1866 Columbella padonosta Duclos, 1835 Columbella palmerina Duclos, 1835 Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822 Columbella pardalina subcribraria Pilsbry, 1905 (suspected synonym) Columbella pardalina var. andamanica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 Columbella pardalina var. bifasciata Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. crocea Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. elongatula Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. fulgurata Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. lanc eolata Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. laxa Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. minor Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. nigrescens Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. picturata Hervier, 1900 Columbella pardalina var. sublactescen Hervier, 1900 Columbella pelotina Duclos, 1835 Columbella picta Reeve, 1859 Columbella quintilia Duclos, 1848 Columbella sagena Reeve, 1859 Columbella sulcata Duclos, 1835 Columbella testudinaria Link, 1807 Columbella tylerae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 Columbella virginea Duclos, 1835 Columbella vulpecula G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 Columbella zopilla Duclos, 1848 Pardalina testudinaria (Link, 1807) Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807) Pyrene lacteoides Habe & Kosuge, 1966 Pyrene subcrebraria Pilsbry, 1905 Pyrene testudinaria (Link, 1807) Pyrene testudinaria nigropardalis Habe & Kosuge, 1966 Pyrene tylerae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) Pyrene vulpecula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)

Pardalinops testudinarius, common name : the tortoise dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania; off the Philippines; in the Western Pacific Ocean and off Australia.

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• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. pp. 60–104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

• "Pardalina testudinaria testudinaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
• Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben
• Duclos P.L. (1846-1850). Colombella. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes. Volume 4: pls 1-18
• Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published
• Souverbie (S.-M.) & Montrouzier [X.]. (1866). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 14: 138-151, pl. 6.
• Duclos, P.L. (1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle. Didot, Paris. 13 pls
• Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.
• Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, (1824)−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, (...). London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls.
• Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8
• Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14
• Pilsbry, H. A. (1905). New Japanese marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 57

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