Smaragdia purpureomaculata
Shell of Smaragdia purpureomaculata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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S. purpureomaculata
Binomial name
Smaragdia purpureomaculata
Dekker, 2000[1]

Smaragdia purpureomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

Description

This species’s shell has been described as a thin sculpture, feeling smooth apart from on the very fine growth lines. Ovate in shape, the shell has a subtle level of translucency, with a whitish colour and murky yellowish-green spiral bands.[2] The length of the shell attains 2.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.

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