Clionella subcontracta

Clionella subcontracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species: C. subcontracta
Binomial name
Clionella subcontracta
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia subcontracta Smith E. A., 1904
  • Mangilia nereia Turton, W.H., 1932

Clionella subcontracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Namaqualand to Port Alfred, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Clionella subcontracta (E.A. Smith, 1904).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216081 on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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.