Clionella striolata

Clionella striolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Clavatulidae
Genus:Clionella
Species: C. striolata
Binomial name
Clionella striolata
Turton, 1932

Clionella striolata 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 14 mm and 22 mm.

The squat, bucciniform shell has convex whorls and a rather large aperture. The siphonal canal is barely notched. The anal sinus is very shallow. The arcuate ribs number 14-19 per whorl, but becoming sometimes obsolete on later whorls. The color of the shell consists of patches of yellowish-brown.

Characteristic for this species is that the spiral sculpture shows 4-5 well-spaced grooves per whorl. Furthermore, the subsutural cord is feeble.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in lower midtidal rock pools off Namaqualand to Cape Hangklip, South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ Clionella striolata Turton, 1932.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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. ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470.
  • Turton, W. H. 1932. The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. London: Oxford University Press. xvi, 331. pp.

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