Neocollonia pilula

Neocollonia pilula
A shell of Neocollonia pilula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Genus:	Neocollonia
Species:	N. pilula
Binomial name
Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
Bothropoma cf. pilulaBosch et al., 1995 Bothropoma isseliThiele, 1924 [2] Bothropoma pilula(Dunker, 1860) superseded combination Bothropoma pilulum(Dunker, 1860) (wrong spelling of species name; pilula is a noun in apposition) Collonia japonica(A. Adams, 1861) Collonia pilula(Dunker, 1860) Complicatacollonista isseli(Thiele, 1924) superseded combination Cynisca japonicaA. Adams, 1861 (junior synonym) Leptothyra inepta(Gould, 1861) Leptothyra pilulaR. W. Dunker, 1860 Liotia pilulaDunker, 1860 (original combination) Monilea ineptaGould, 1861 Monilea rotundataG. B. Sowerby III, 1894 (junior synonym) Neocollonia diversicolorPoppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 junior subjective synonym Neocollonia inepta(A. Gould, 1861) junior subjective synonym Neocollonia isseli(Thiele, 1924) junior subjective synonym Neocollonia kantoriPoppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 junior subjective synonym Neocollonia pilula(Dunker, 1860) Neocollonia pilula pilula(Dunker, 1860) Neocollonia splendidaPoppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Neocollonia pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Neocollonia pilula rosa(Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Planacollonista rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) (superseded combination)

Description

The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.

(Description of Monilea inepta, originally in Latin) The small, solid, ovate-conical shell is encircled by articulated threads, one of which is more prominent, in rosy or clay-colored hues with paler intervals. The sutural region is tessellated, with 4 convex whorls and a blunt apex. The base is convex, with a moderate, plicate umbilicus encircled by a whitish band. The aperture is circular with a thick, simple lip, and the columella is smooth. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Japan, China; off Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea and off Madagascar. ^[2]

References

1. Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.
2. Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
3. Gould, A.A. (1861). "Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7 (18): 16. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Thiele, J. (1924). "Revision des Systems der Trochacea". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11 (1): 63, 71.
• Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627–650.
• Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
• Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158. page(s): 106
• Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxsheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–372.

External links

• Dunker, W. (1860). "Neue japanische Mollusken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 226. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
• Sowerby, G.B. III (1894). "Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the neighbourhood of Hong-Kong". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1 (4): 158.
• Dunker, W. (1860). "Neue japanische Mollusken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 226.
• Adams, A. (1861). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 244.
• Sabelli, S. (2023). "The "Bothropoma" species in the Red Sea" . Bollettino Malacologico. 59 (2): 217. doi:10.53559/BollMalacol.2023.01.
• "Bothropoma pilula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.