Clivipollia fragaria

Clivipollia fragaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prodotiidae
Genus:	Clivipollia
Species:	C. fragaria
Binomial name
Clivipollia fragaria (W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms [1]
Cantharus fragaria(W. Wood, 1828) Engina carolinae(Kiener, 1840) Engina fragaria(W. Wood, 1828) Peristernia carolinae(Kiener, 1840) superseded combination Peristernia fragaria(W. Wood, 1828) Pollia fragaria(W. Wood, 1828) Ricinula bellaReeve, 1846 Turbinella carolinaeKiener, 1840 Voluta fragariaW. Wood, 1828 (original combination)

Clivipollia fragaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prodotiidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Mozambique; also off the Philippines, the Maldives and Micronesia.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Clivipollia fragaria (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493991 on 2015-02-16

• Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
• Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2016). Revision of the Clivipollia group (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) with description of two new genera and three new species. Novapex. 17(2-3): 29-46
• Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London