Argalista amakusaensis

Argalista amakusaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Subfamily:	Colloniinae
Genus:	Argalista
Species:	A. amakusaensis
Binomial name
Argalista amakusaensis (T. Habe, 1960)
Synonyms
Collonista amakusaensisT. Habe, 1960 superseded combination

Argalista amakusaensis, common name the coral-red gibbula, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kyushu, Japan.

References

1. Argalista amakusaensis (T. Habe, 1960) . 22 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 372 pp.

External links

• Habe, T. (1960). "New species of molluscs from the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, Reihoku-cho, Amakusa, Kumamoto Pref., Japan" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 8 (2): 295. Retrieved 22 October 2025.