Protoelongata corallina

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Protoelongata corallina
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Shell of Vexillum corallinum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Protoelongata
Species:
P. corallina
Binomial name
Protoelongata corallina
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra corallinaReeve, 1845
  • Pusia corallina(Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Protoelongata) corallinum(Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) corallinum(Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum corallinum(Reeve, 1845)

Protoelongata corallina, common name the coral mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1] [2]

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Description

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiform, polished and a little recurved at the base. The whorls are transversely obsoletely striated and longitudinally plicately ribbed. Its colour is amber or coral red, the ribs whitish. The columella is four-plaited. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Protoelongata corallina (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957081 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
  3. ↑ Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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