Clionella striolata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Clionella |
Species: | C. striolata
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Binomial name | |
Clionella striolata Turton, 1932
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Clionella striolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 22 mm.
The squat, bucciniform shell has convex whorls and a rather large aperture. The siphonal canal is barely notched. The anal sinus is very shallow. The arcuate ribs number 14-19 per whorl, but becoming sometimes obsolete on later whorls. The color of the shell consists of patches of yellowish-brown.
Characteristic for this species is that the spiral sculpture shows 4–5 well-spaced grooves per whorl. Furthermore, the subsutural cord is feeble. [3]
This marine species occurs in lower mid-tidal rock pools off Namaqualand to Cape Hangklip, South Africa.