Clionella striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Clionella striolata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clionella |
| Species: | C. striolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Clionella striolata Turton, 1932
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Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species occurs in lower mid-tidal rock pools off Namaqualand to Cape Hangklip, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b Clionella striolata Turton, 1932. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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.
- Turton, W. H. 1932. The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. London: Oxford University Press. xvi, 331. pp.
External links
edit- "Clionella striolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 August 2011.