Clionella rosaria

Clionella rosaria
Drawing of Clionella rosaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Clionella
Species:	C. rosaria
Binomial name
Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Clionella kowiensis viridis (f) Turton, W.H., 1932 Clionella nereia Bartsch, P., 1915 Clionella proxima Turton, W.H., 1932 Clionella sybaritica Bartsch, P., 1915 Pleurotoma rosaria Reeve, 1846

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. The shell is shortly subulate, truncated at the base. The whorls are plaited and smooth. The aperture is short. The color of the shell is bright scarlet-rose, the uppermost part of the whorls is white-zoned. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from False Bay to South KwaZuluNatal, South Africa

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216090 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. 
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 233; 1884

• Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg

External links

• Gastropods.com: Clionella rosaria; accessed: 23 August 2011