Argalista fugitiva

Argalista fugitiva
Shell of Argalista fugitiva (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Subfamily:	Colloniinae
Genus:	Argalista
Species:	A. fugitiva
Binomial name
Argalista fugitiva (Hedley, 1911)
Synonyms
Leptothyra fugitivaHedley, 1911 superseded combination

Argalista fugitiva 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 1.2 mm, its diameter 1.85 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small, solid, depressed-turbinate, and narrowly perforate. Its colour is white.

It has three and a half whorls, rapidly increasing in size. The body whorl is rounded, descending at the aperture. The spire is slightly gradate.

Regarding the sculpture: On the base and spire there are faint traces of radial sculpture. Along the suture runs a deep groove, followed by a corresponding ridge. The remainder of the body whorl is surrounded by a succession of numerous fine spiral threads, parted by equal grooves.

The aperture is subcircular, and has above it the vestige of a varix. Below the aperture, there is a fold running from the anterior edge of the mouth to the margin of the umbilicus. The edge of the lip is simple, bevelled within, and the columella is excavate. The base is rather flat. The umbilicus is narrow but deep, measuring about one sixth of the shell's diameter. ^[2]

Distribution

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

References

1. Argalista fugitiva (Hedley, 1911) . 22 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Hedley, C. (1911). Report on the Mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. "Endeavour", chiefly off Cape Wiles, South Australia. Part I. in: Zoological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1909-10 under H. C. Dannevig, Commonwealth Director of Fisheries, volume 1: 90-114, pls 17-20 p. 102 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
• 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.