Clionella
Encyclopedia
Clionella is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Clavatulidae
.
are somewhat flattened, longitudinally ribbed, and have a thick epidermis. The spire
of the shell is elevated. The siphonal canal
is scarcely indicated at the broad base of the aperture
. The lip
has a small infrasutural anal sinus. The operculum
has a lateral nucleus. The foot is short, broad, and rounded behind.The eyes are located near the tip of the tentacles. Radula
formula (1-1-1),
Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Clavatulidae
Clavatulidae
Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.The family is not well differentiated morphologically....
.
Description
The shell of the species in this genus is narrowly bucciniform and turriculated. The whorlsWhorl (mollusc)
A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the...
are somewhat flattened, longitudinally ribbed, and have a thick epidermis. The spire
Spire (mollusc)
A spire is a descriptive term for part of the coiled shell of mollusks. The word is a convenient aid in describing shells, but it does not refer to a very precise part of shell anatomy: the spire consists of all of the whorls except for the body whorl...
of the shell is elevated. The siphonal canal
Siphonal canal
Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is drawn into the mantle cavity and over the gill and which serves as a chemoreceptor to locate food. In many carnivorous snails, where the siphon is particularly long, the structure...
is scarcely indicated at the broad base of the aperture
Aperture (mollusc)
The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....
. The lip
Lip (gastropod)
In the shell of a gastropod mollusk , the margin of the aperture is called the lip or the peristome. In other words, this is a term used to describe part of gastropod shell anatomy....
has a small infrasutural anal sinus. The operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
has a lateral nucleus. The foot is short, broad, and rounded behind.The eyes are located near the tip of the tentacles. Radula
Radula
The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus...
formula (1-1-1),
Species
Species within the genus Clionella include:- Clionella aglaophanesClionella aglaophanesClionella aglaophanes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Distribution:This marine species occurs along Puerto Rico, St Thomas and the Virgin Islands...
(Watson, 1882) - Clionella borniiClionella borniiClionella bornii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.-Distribution:...
(E.A. Smith, 1877) - Clionella confusaClionella confusaClionella confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -References:* Kilburn, R.N. . Turridae of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26, 417-470.-External links:*...
Smith E. A., 1906 - Clionella costataClionella costataClionella costata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae....
(Swainson, 1840) - Clionella gravisClionella gravisClionella gravis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae....
(Hinds, 1843) - Clionella halistreptaClionella halistreptaClionella halistrepta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.-References:* Kilburn, R.N. . Turridae of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26, 417-470....
(Bartsch, 1915) - Clionella kraussiiClionella kraussiiClionella kraussii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.-References:...
(E.A. Smith, 1877) - Clionella liltvediClionella liltvediClionella liltvedi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Distribution:This marine species occurs along Table Bay and west coast of Cape Peninsula, South Africa.-References:...
Kilburn, 1985 - Clionella lobatopsisClionella lobatopsisClionella lobatopsis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae....
(Barnard, 1963) - Clionella rosariaClionella rosariaClionella rosaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm. The shell is shortly subulate, truncated at the base. The whorls are plaited and smooth. The aperture is short. The color of...
(Reeve, 1846) - Clionella semicostataClionella semicostataClionella semicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 32 mm. The whorls are with shallow channel above. The periphery of the shell is nodulous by the terminations of short, oblique,...
(Kiener, 1840) - Clionella sinuataClionella sinuataClionella sinuata, common name the ribbed turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.-Distribution:...
(Born, 1778) - Clionella striolataClionella striolataClionella striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 22 mm.-References:...
Turton, 1932 - Clionella subcontractaClionella subcontractaClionella subcontracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.-References:...
(E.A. Smith, 1904) - Clionella subventricosaClionella subventricosaClionella subventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -References:* ilburn, R.N. . Turridae of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26, 417-470-External links:*...
(E.A. Smith, 1877) - Clionella vilmaClionella vilmaClionella vilma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.-References:* Kilburn, R.N. . Turridae of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26, 417-470...
(Thiele, 1925)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897 : synonym of Belomitra quadruplexBelomitra quadruplexBelomitra quadruplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm-Distribution:...
(Watson, 1882) - Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897 : synonym of Belomitra quadruplexBelomitra quadruplexBelomitra quadruplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 10 mm and 41 mm-Distribution:...
(Watson, 1882) - Clionella sinuatum (Born, 1778) : synonym of Clionella sinuataClionella sinuataClionella sinuata, common name the ribbed turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.-Distribution:...
(Born, 1778)