Clionella bornii

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Clionella bornii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Clionella
Species: C. bornii
Binomial name
Clionella bornii
(E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clionella sinuata bornii (E.A. Smith, 1877)
  • Pleurotoma bornii Smith E. A., 1877

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs between Jeffrey's Bay and East London, South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clionella bornii (E.A. Smith, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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. 
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1985). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26(2), 417-470.

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