Argalista corallina

Argalista corallina
Drawing of a shell of Argalista corallina (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Subfamily:	Colloniinae
Genus:	Argalista
Species:	A. corallina
Binomial name
Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)
Synonyms
Gibbula corallinaCotton & Godfrey, 1935 (superseded combination) Minolops corallinus(Cotton & Godfrey, 1935) superseded combination Spectamen corallinum(Cotton & Godfrey, 1935) (superseded combination)

Argalista corallina, 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 is 3 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is turbinate, depressed, and umbilicate. It is coral-red above, with a creamy white base. The whorls are rounded, and the periphery is angulated. The shell is sculptured with seven spiral lirae, including the peripheral lira. The alternate lirae are larger and granulated. The surface also features sublenticular, very slightly oblique radial striae. There are eight equal basal cords. The sutures are open and canaliculate. The columella is only slightly curved, and the umbilicus is narrow. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

1. Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935) . 21 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Cotton, B. C. & Godfrey, F. K. (1935). "South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part XV". The South Australian Naturalist. 16 (3): 35–36. Retrieved 21 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Wilson, B.R. (1993). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Part 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia. 408 p

External links

• World Register of Marine Species