Clionella costata
Clionella costata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Clionella costata | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Clionella costata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Clionella |
| Species: | C. costata |
| Binomial name | |
| Clionella costata (Swainson, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melatoma costata Swainson, 1840 | |
Description
(Original description) The shell has a fusiform shape and is longitudinally ribbed. There is a deep sinus at the top of the outer lip. The base is contracted. The siphonal canal is wide.[3]
The figure of the type, produced by Swainson, shows a shell with a tapering base, unlike any other species of Clionella.[4]
References
- Clionella costata (Swainson, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- 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.
- William Swainson (1840). A Treatise on Malacology: Or, Shells and Shell Fish. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans. p. 1.
- KIlburn RN (1985), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1985
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