Hemilienardia notopyrrha


Hemilienardia notopyrrha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
This is a pure-white turreted little species, with a conspicuous dorsal squarrose brown spot just below the suture of the body whorl. The shell contains seven whorls. The whorls are ventricose and ribbed longitudinally, crossed with a few conspicuous lirae. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is much thickened with large denticles on the inner surface, and the columella is toothed.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and Mactan Island, the Philippines