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Alcyna ocellata

Alcyna ocellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm. The shell is smooth and imperforate. The whorls are slightly convex. They are pale crimson, the last encircled by ocellated spots. The columella terminates in a prominent acute denticle. The operculum is non-calcareous.

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off Japan, New Caledonia and Hawaii.

References

  • Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103 page(s): 20

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