Clionella sinuata

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Clionella sinuata
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Shell of Clionella sinuata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species:
C. sinuata
Binomial name
Clionella sinuata
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum phallusGmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Buccinum sinuatumBorn, 1778 (original combination)
  • Clavatula sinuata(Born, 1778)
  • Clionella sinuata sinuata(Born, 1778)
  • Clionella sinuatum(Born, 1778)(wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Pleurotoma buccinoidesLamarck, 1822
  • Strombus boletusRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Terebra phallusBosc, 1801

Clionella sinuata, common name the ribbed turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]

Contents

Fossils of this species have been reported from Pleistocene localities on the west coast of South Africa. [3] [4]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

The shell is variable in shape. The spire varies from high to relatively low. The whorls are not distinctly concave and have a narrow channel above. The subsutural cord is somewhat impressed. The axial ribs are going from strong (numbering 18-25 per whorl) to almost obsolete. The periphery contains a row of small nodules produced by the anal sinus, terminating short, low, flexuous plicate ribs. The spiral striae are not very distinct. The color of the shell is a pale rusty brown to brownish orange, under a blackish brown epidermis. [5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the west coast of Namibia and South Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Clionella sinuata (Born, 1778) . 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. ↑ Davies O., 1973. Pleistocene shorelines in the western Cape and South West Africa. Ann. Natal Mus. 21 (3): 719-765
  4. ↑ Krige, A. V. 1927. An examination of the Tertiary and Ouaternary changes of sea-level in South Africa. Ann. Univ. Stellenbosch. 5A (1): 1–81.
  5. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences


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