Clionella striolata
| Clionella striolata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clionella |
| Species: | C. striolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Clionella striolata Turton, 1932 | |
Clionella striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 22 mm.
The squat, bucciniform shell has convex whorls and a rather large aperture. The siphonal canal is barely notched. The anal sinus is very shallow. The arcuate ribs number 14-19 per whorl, but becoming sometimes obsolete on later whorls. The color of the shell consists of patches of yellowish-brown.
Characteristic for this species is that the spiral sculpture shows 4-5 well-spaced grooves per whorl. Furthermore, the subsutural cord is feeble.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in lower midtidal rock pools off Namaqualand to Cape Hangklip, South Africa.
References
- ↑ Clionella striolata Turton, 1932. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470.
- Turton, W. H. 1932. The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. London: Oxford University Press. xvi, 331. pp.
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