Koloonella turrita

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Koloonella turrita
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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.

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