Clionella subventricosa
| Clionella subventricosa | |
|---|---|
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| Clionella subventricosa kaffraria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clionella |
| Species: | C. subventricosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Clionella subventricosa (E.A. Smith, 1877) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma subventricosa Smith E. A., 1877 | |
Clionella subventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
- Subspecies
- Clionella subventricosa kaffraria Kilburn, 1985
- Clionella subventricosa subventricosa (E. A. Smith, 1877)
Description
The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from False Bay to Cape Agulhas, South Africa
References
- 1 2 Clionella subventricosa (E.A. Smith, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 150
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