Neocollonia rhysopoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Neocollonia rhysopoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Genus: Neocollonia
Species:
N. rhysopoma
Binomial name
Neocollonia rhysopoma
(Barnard, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bothropoma rhysopoma (Barnard, 1964)
  • Calcar rhysopoma Barnard, 1964 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.

References

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  • Barnard, K.H. (1964). "The work of the s.s. Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal". v. 16 (1): 17.
  • 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. Harxheim: Conchbooks. p. 154.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1974). "Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae". Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187–220.
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