Biology:Koloonella turrita

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Koloonella turrita
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Murchisonellidae
Genus: Koloonella
Species:
K. turrita
Binomial name
Koloonella turrita
(Petterd, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aclis turrita Petterd, 1884 (basionym)
  • Eulimella turrita (Petterd, 1884)

Koloonella turrita, common name the turret pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Eastern Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Western Australia, the Bass Strait and Tasmania.

References

  1. Petterd, W., 1884. Description of new Tasmanian Shells.. Journal of Conchology 4(5): p. 140
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Koloonella turrita (Petterd, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592635 on 2012-01-12
  • Hedley, C. (1916). A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 1 : 152-226
  • Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. (1932). South Australian Shells. Part 6. South Australian Naturalist. 14 (1): 16-44
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. (1962). Marine Mollusca of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne Univ. Press. 475 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6427803 entry