Clionella bornii

Clionella bornii
Clionella bornii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species: C. bornii
Binomial name
Clionella bornii
(E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clionella sinuata bornii (E.A. Smith, 1877)
  • Pleurotoma bornii Smith E. A., 1877

Clionella bornii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs between Jeffrey's Bay and East London, South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b Clionella bornii (E.A. Smith, 1877).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216086 on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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.

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