Clionella vilma
| Clionella vilma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clionella |
| Species: | C. vilma |
| Binomial name | |
| Clionella vilma (Thiele, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clionella vilma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 28 mm.
The narrow shell has a high spire with evenly convex whorls and a small aperture with a shallow siphonal canal. The shell lacks a subsutural cord or a shoulder sulcus. The axial ribs (numbering 12–22 per whorl) are crossed by fine, close spiral threads. The ground colour of the shell shows various shades of orange
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Clionella vilma (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Thiele, J. 1925. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer " Valdivia" 1898–1899. Gastropoda. II Teil. Jena, 17 (2) : 38-382,
- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417–470
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