Clionella vilma
Appearance
Clionella vilma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clionella |
Species: | C. vilma
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Binomial name | |
Clionella vilma (Thiele, 1925)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Clionella vilma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 28 mm.
The narrow shell has a high spire with evenly convex whorls and a small aperture with a shallow siphonal canal. The shell lacks a subsutural cord or a shoulder sulcus. The axial ribs (numbering 12–22 per whorl) are crossed by fine, close spiral threads. The ground colour of the shell shows various shades of orange
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Clionella vilma (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Thiele, J. 1925. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer " Valdivia" 1898–1899. Gastropoda. II Teil. Jena, 17 (2) : 38-382,
- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417–470