Koloonella moniliformis

Koloonella moniliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Murchisonellidae
Genus:	Koloonella
Species:	K. moniliformis
Binomial name
Koloonella moniliformis (Hedley & Musson, 1891)
Synonyms [1]
Eulimella moniliformeHedley & Musson, 1891(original combination; incorrect gender ending) Eulimella moniliformisHedley & Musson, 1891

Koloonella moniliformis, common name the necklace pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, and Tasmania.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Koloonella moniliformis (Hedley & Musson, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592630 on 2012-01-12

• May, W.L. (1923). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp.
• Allan, J. (1950). Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House. xix 470 pp.
• 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
• Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. (1962). Marine Mollusca of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne Univ. Press. 475 pp.

External links

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