Collonista verruca

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Collonista verruca
Leptothyra verruca 001.jpg
Two shells of Collonista verruca (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Colloniidae
Genus: Collonista
Species:
C. verruca
Binomial name
Collonista verruca
(Gould, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Leptothyra costataPease, W.H., 1869
  • Leptothyra verruca(Gould, 1845)
  • Leptothyra verruca mantiPilsbry, 1921
  • Trochus (Collonia) verrucaGould, 1845
  • Trochus verrucaGould, 1845 (original combination)

Collonista verruca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae. [1]

Contents

The shells of this species, known in Ni'ihau as kahelelaniʻulaʻula, [2] are used to make leis. [3]

Description

The size of the shell attains 4 mm. The small, solid shell has a short ovate-conic shape. it is imperforate or narrowly umbilicate. It is white with numerous revolving series of red or brown tessellations. The five whorls are spirally lirate. The lira is largest at the middle of the whorl and causes sometimes a slight carina there. The body whorl is slightly but abruptly deflected anteriorly. The circular aperture is white. The white columella is arcuate and wide but not dentate below. The base of the shell has a minute internal denticle. Some specimens are almost entirely red; others are white, with red spots at the periphery. There is some variation in form, also, and in the prominence of the spiral riblets. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Oceania and Indo-Malaysia. The type species was found off Hawaii.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Collonista verruca (Gould, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833636 on 2021-05-01
  2. ↑ Linda Paik Moriarty, Ni'ihau shell leis, Leland A. Cook, p.19
  3. ↑ "Hawaiian Feathers Products ... Feather Leis, hula instruments, Ipu Hekes, feather pelts and more!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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