Neocollonia pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]
| Neocollonia pilula | |
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| A shell of Neocollonia pilula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Genus: | Neocollonia |
| Species: | N. pilula
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| Binomial name | |
| Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Subspecies
- Neocollonia pilula rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Planacollonista rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) (superseded combination)
Description
editThe shell grows to a size of 5 mm.
(Description of Monilea inepta, originally in Latin) The small, solid, ovate-conical shell is encircled by articulated threads, one of which is more prominent, in rosy or clay-colored hues with paler intervals. The sutural region is tessellated, with 4 convex whorls and a blunt apex. The base is convex, with a moderate, plicate umbilicus encircled by a whitish band. The aperture is circular with a thick, simple lip, and the columella is smooth.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off South Japan, China; off Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea and off Madagascar.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
- ^ a b Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Gould, A.A. (1861). "Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7 (18): 16.
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- Thiele, J. (1924). "Revision des Systems der Trochacea". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11 (1): 63, 71.
- Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627–650.
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
- Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158. page(s): 106
- Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxsheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–372.
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External links
edit- Dunker, W. (1860). "Neue japanische Mollusken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 226. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- Sowerby, G.B. III (1894). "Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the neighbourhood of Hong-Kong". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1 (4): 158.
- Dunker, W. (1860). "Neue japanische Mollusken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 226.
- Adams, A. (1861). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 244.
- Sabelli, S. (2023). "The "Bothropoma" species in the Red Sea". Bollettino Malacologico. 59 (2): 217.
- "Bothropoma pilula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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