Clionella rosaria

Clionella rosaria
A collection of shells of Clionella rosaria (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clionella
Species:	C. rosaria
Binomial name
Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
Clionella kowiensisTurton, 1932 Clionella kowiensis viridis (f) Turton, W.H., 1932 Clionella nereiaBartsch, P., 1915 Clionella rosaria f. kowiensis(Turton, 1932) Clionella proximaTurton, W.H., 1932 Clionella sybariticaBartsch, P., 1915 Pleurotoma rosariaReeve, 1846

Clionella rosaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. ^{[1] [2]}

The forma Clionella rosaria f. kowiensis(Turton, 1932) is accepted as Clionella rosaria(Reeve, 1846)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. The shell is shortly subulate, truncated at the base. The whorls are plaited and smooth. The aperture is short. The color of the shell is bright scarlet-rose, the uppermost part of the whorls is white-zoned. ^[3]

The shell has an elongate-conic shape. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The post-nuclear whorls are moderately rounded, constricted at the sinus, which causes the summit of the turns to appear as a cord. The space between the sutures is variously mottled with flesh color and chestnut spots and streaks. The base, beginning at the periphery, is rose colored, a little paler on the columella than the rest. The whorls are marked with strong, protractive, axial ribs, which are about as wide as the spaces that separate them. Of these, 14 occur upon the first to sixth whorl, while on the body whorl the number increases to about 20. These ribs are interrupted at the sinus a little distance below the summit, and become decidedly enfeebled on the base, vanishing before they reach the columella. In addition to the axial ribs the surface is marked by numerous strong lines of growth. The spiral sculpture consists of equal and equally spaced spiral striations, which are about as broad as the spaces that separate them; these are best expressed in the groove of the sinus. The lirae, between the spiral striations and the axial lines of growth, inclose numerous small pits, giving the entire surface between the sutures the appearance of a grating. On the base the lines of growth are less strongly developed and the pitting is less pronounced. The aperture is rather short. The posterior angle is obtuse. The sinus is about as broad as the cord above it at the summit of the whorls. The space between the sinus and the anterior portion of the outer lip forms a claw-like element. The columella is strong, its inner edge, like the parietal wall, is glazed with a thin callus. ^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from False Bay to South KwaZuluNatal, South Africa

References

1. Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
2. 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 .
3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 233; 1884
4. P. Bartsch (1915), Report on the Turton collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum; Bulletin of the United States National Museum v. 91 (1915) (described as Clionella sybaritica)

• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 116
• Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417–470
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 150
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg

External links

• "Clionella rosaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 August 2011.