Pardalinops testudinarius

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]

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)

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm

Distribution

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