Koloonella coacta

Koloonella coacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Family: Murchisonellidae
Genus: Koloonella
Species: K. coacta
Binomial name
Koloonella coacta
(Watson, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eulimella coacta Watson, 1886 (basionym)
  • Zonella coacta (Laseron, 1959)

Koloonella coacta, common name the forced 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 the Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.

References

  1. ↑ Watson, R.B. (1886). Report of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Reports on the Scientific Research Voyage of the HMS Challenger 1873 - 76. (zoology) 15 (42) p.498, pl. 33, fig. 4
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Koloonella coacta (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592624 on 2012-01-12
External identifiers for Koloonella coacta
WoRMS 592624


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