Koloonella turrita
Koloonella turrita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Murchisonellidae |
Genus: | Koloonella |
Species: | K. turrita
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Binomial name | |
Koloonella turrita (Petterd, 1884) [1]
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Synonyms | |
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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[]
- ^ Petterd, W., 1884. Description of new Tasmanian Shells.. Journal of Conchology 4(5): p. 140
- ^ 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[]
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Simon Grove: A guide to the seashells and other marine moilluscs of Tasmania : Koloonella turrita
Categories:
- Murchisonellidae
- Gastropods described in 1884
- Heterobranchia stubs