Hemilienardia
Hemilienardia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae, the turrids.
Description
This genus is readily distinguishable from Lienardia by the apex. The multispiral protoconch consists of a cone of 3½ smooth rounded whorls. It lacks the characteristic diagonally cancellated sculpture of the other genera in this family. The succeeding adult whorls not only differ in sculpture, but are wound in so divergent a spiral and increase at so disproportionate rate as to project that protoconch in a mucronate point. In the colour of the type the contrast is even more violent, as there the brilliant snow-white apex against the deep rose-red is visible to the naked eye. Another generic feature is an opaque peripheral zone. The deep-seated columella folds, so conspicuous in Lienardia, are here less developed. The species are small, short, stumpy and usually brightly coloured. They frequent the upper zone of coral reefs.Species
Species within the genus Hemilienardia include:Hemilienardia acinonyx Fedosov, Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, Aznar-Cormano & Bouchet, 2017Hemilienardia albomagna Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia albostrigata Hemilienardia apiculata Hemilienardia balteata Hemilienardia bicolor Bozzetti, 2018Hemilienardia boucheti Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia calcicincta Hemilienardia chrysoleuca Hemilienardia contortula Hemilienardia ecprepes Hemilienardia elongata Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia fenestrata Hemilienardia fusiforma Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia gemmulata Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia goubini Hemilienardia hersilia Hedley, 1922Hemilienardia homochroa Hedley, 1922Hemilienardia infulabrunnea Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia iospira Hemilienardia lynx Fedosov, Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, Aznar-Cormano & Bouchet, 2017Hemilienardia malleti Hemilienardia micronesialba Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia mikesevernsi Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia minialba Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia minor Hemilienardia moffitti Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia multidentata Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia notopyrrha Hemilienardia obesa Hemilienardia ocellata Hemilienardia pardus Fedosov, Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, Aznar-Cormano & Bouchet, 2017Hemilienardia purpurascens Hemilienardia roseorobusta Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia rubicunda Hemilienardia shawnmilleri Wiedrick, 2017Hemilienardia subspurca Hemilienardia thyridota Hemilienardia twilabratcherae Wiedrick, 2017;Species brought into synonymy:Hemilienardia pinguis : synonym of ''Hemilienardia malleti''