Koloonella buijsi

Koloonella buijsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Family: Murchisonellidae
Genus: Koloonella
Species: K. buijsi
Binomial name
Koloonella buijsi
(van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000)
Synonyms

Eulimella buijsi van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000 (original combination)

Koloonella buijsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

The epithet "buijsi" refers to Mr J.P. Buijs, a malacologist from Den Haag, The Netherlands,

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 3.7 mm. The color of the smooth, slender conical shell varies between whitish to a creamy color. The teleoconch contains 4½ to 5½ slightly convex whorls with a marked suture and without a spiral mocrosculpture. The outerlip has an even structure, lacking teeth, and is smooth on the inside. There is no umbilicus. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Koloonella buijsi (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731426 on 2015-04-15
  2. ↑ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  3. 1 2 J.J. van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & J. Goud, Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 2)
External identifiers for Koloonella buijsi
Encyclopedia of Life 10294342
WoRMS 731426
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