Koloonella coacta

Koloonella coacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Murchisonellidae
Genus:	Koloonella
Species:	K. coacta
Binomial name
Koloonella coacta (Watson, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
Eulimella coactaWatson, 1886 (basionym) Zonella coacta(Laseron, 1959)

Koloonella coacta, common name the forced pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.

References

1. Watson, R.B. (1886). Report of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Reports on the Scientific Research Voyage of the HMS Challenger 1873 - 76. (zoology) 15 (42) p.498, pl. 33, fig. 4
2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Koloonella coacta (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592624 on 2012-01-12

• May, W.L. (1923). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp.
• Laseron, C. (1959). The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 : 177-267, figs 1-213
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• Simon Grove: A guide to the seashells and other marine moilluscs of Tasmania : Koloonella coacta