Smaragdia purpureomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
| Smaragdia purpureomaculata | |
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| Shell of Smaragdia purpureomaculata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Smaragdia |
| Species: | S. purpureomaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Smaragdia purpureomaculata Dekker, 2000[1]
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Description
editThis 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.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.
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References
edit- ^ Dekker (2000). Vita Marina 47 (2) : 29–64. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ a b Smaragdia purpureomaculata Dekker, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
External links
edit- Dekker, H., 2000. The Neritidae (Gastropoda) from the circumarabian seas, with the description of two new species, a new subgenus and a new genus. Vita Marina 47(2): 29-64
- Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). Denisia. 43: 1-480