Hemilienardia purpurascens

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

Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Samoa.

References

• Wiedrick S.G. (2017). Aberrant geomorphological affinities in four conoidean gastropod genera, Clathurella Carpenter, 1857 (Clathurellidae), Lienardia Jousseaume, 1884 (Clathurellidae), Etrema Hedley, 1918 (Clathurellidae) and Hemilienardia Boettger, 1895 (Raphitomidae), with the descriptionof fourteen new Hemilienardia species from the Indo-Pacific. The Festivus. special issue: 2-45.

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