Clionella sinuata

Clionella sinuata
Clionella sinuata
Clionella sinuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species: C. sinuata
Binomial name
Clionella sinuata
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum phallus Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Clionella sinuatum (Born, 1778) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Strombus boletus Röding, P.F., 1798

Clionella sinuata, common name the ribbed turrid, 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 30 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine spêcies occurs along Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Clionella sinuata (Born, 1778).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216084 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
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

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