Koloonella_buijsi

<i>Koloonella buijsi</i>

Koloonella buijsi

Species of gastropod

Koloonella buijsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

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The epithet "buijsi" refers to Mr J.P. Buijs, a malacologist from The Hague, the Netherlands,

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 3.7 mm. The color of the smooth, slender conical shell varies between whitish to a creamy color. The teleoconch contains 4½ to 5½ slightly convex whorls with a marked suture and without a spiral mocrosculpture. The outerlip has an even structure, lacking teeth, and is smooth on the inside. There is no umbilicus.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Bouchet, P. (2015). Koloonella buijsi (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731426 on 2015-04-15
  2. [2]
    Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  3. [3]
    J.J. van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & J. Goud, Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 2)
  • Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191
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