Hemilienardia malleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hemilienardia malleti (Récluz, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217103 on 2019-07-01

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.

The shell is rose-red with a median white band. The inner margin of the aperture shows 5-6 closely set teeth.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Distribution This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific and off Taiwan.

References

Récluz, C., 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 249-259 Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23

External links

MNHN, Paris: syntype Gastropods.com: Hemilienardia malleti