Clionella

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Clionella
Clionella sinuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Gray, 1847
Type species
Buccinum sinuatum Born, 1778
Synonyms[1]

Melatoma Swainson, 1840

Clionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The shell of the species in this genus is narrowly bucciniform and turriculated. The whorls are somewhat flattened, longitudinally ribbed, and have a thick epidermis. The spire of the shell is elevated. The siphonal canal is scarcely indicated at the broad base of the aperture. The lip has a small infrasutural anal sinus. The operculum has a lateral nucleus. The foot is short, broad, and rounded behind.The eyes are located near the tip of the tentacles. Radula formula (1-1-1), [3]

Species

Species within the genus Clionella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Clionella assimilans Turton, 1932; synonym of Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff, 1876)
  • Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
  • Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
  • Clionella gravis (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Makiyamaia gravis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Clionella kowiensis Turton, 1932: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
  • Clionella kowiensis viridis Turton, 1932: synonym of Clionella kowiensis Turton, 1932, synonym of Clionella rosaria(Reeve, 1846)
  • Clionella krausii (E. A. Smith, 1877): synonym of Clionella kraussii (E.A. Smith, 1877)
  • Clionella nereia Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
  • Clionella proxima Turton, 1932: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
  • Clionella sinuatum (Born, 1778): synonym of Clionella sinuata (Born, 1778)
  • Clionella sybaritica Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
  • Clionella taxea (Röding, 1798): synonym of Clavatula taxea (Röding, 1798)
  • Clionella tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876): synonym of Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff, 1876)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clionella Gray, 1847.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 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. 
  3. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 158; 1884
  4. ↑ Clionella aglaophanes (Watson, 1882).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Clionella bornii (E.A. Smith, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Clionella confusa Smith E. A., 1906.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Clionella costata (Swainson, 1840).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Clionella gravis (Hinds, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Clionella halistrepta (Bartsch, 1915).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Clionella kraussii (E.A. Smith, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Clionella liltvedi Kilburn, 1985.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Clionella lobatopsis (Barnard, 1963).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Clionella semicostata (Kiener, 1840).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  15. ↑ Clionella sinuata (Born, 1778).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  16. ↑ Clionella striolata Turton, 1932.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  17. ↑ Clionella subcontracta (E.A. Smith, 1904).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Clionella subventricosa (E.A. Smith, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  19. ↑ Clionella vilma (Thiele, 1925).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.

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