Nepcollona munda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]
Neocollonia munda | |
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Shell of Neocollonia munda (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Colloniidae |
Genus: | Neocollonia |
Species: | N. munda
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Binomial name | |
Neocollonia munda (H. Adams, 1873)
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Synonyms | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4 mm, its width 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The depressed-turbinate shell is solid and narrowly umbilicate. It is encircled by numerous ridges, with larger ones at the periphery. The surface is closely striated longitudinally. It is whitish, and adorned with pale tawny streaks and spots. It features 4 convex whorls, angular above, with the body whorl having a slightly convex base. The umbilicus is bordered by a crenulated cord. The circular aperture is accompanied by a varicose, strongly crenulated peristome
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
References
edit- ^ Neocollonia munda (H. Adams, 1873). 15 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
edit- Adams, H. (1873). "Descriptions of seventeen new species of land and marine shells". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 206. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- Sabelli, S. (2023). "The "Bothropoma" species in the Red Sea". Bollettino Malacologico. 59 (2): 217.
- Mollusca types in Britain and Ireland: Neocollonia munda - image
- Biolib.cz: Neocollonia munda - image