Pyrene flava

Pyrene flava, common name : the yellow dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Subspecies

• Pyrene flava filmerae (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
• Pyrene flava flava (Bruguière, 1789)

Pyrene flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Pyrene
Species:	P. flava
Binomial name
Pyrene flava (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum flavum Bruguière, 1789 (basionym) Colombella castanea Duclos, 1848 · Columbella faleonta Duclos, 1835 Columbella filmerae G.B. Sowerby III, 1900 Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789) Columbella flava var. ouveana Hervier, 1899 Columbella flavida Lamarck, 1822 Columbella flavida var. castanea Duclos, 1848 Columbella flexuosa Duclos, 1835 Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865 Columbella lugubris Kiener, 1841 Columbella ouveana Hervier, R.P.J., 1899 Columbella rubicunda Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1832 Columbella undata Duclos, 1835 Pyrene flavida (Lamarck, 1822) · Pyrene opulens Woolacott, 1957 Pyrene undata (Duclos, 1840)

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.