- Source: Neocollonia pilula
Neocollonia pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Subspecies
Neocollonia pilula rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Planacollonista rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) (superseded combination)
Description
The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.
(Description of Monilea inepta, originally in Latin) The small, solid, ovate-conical shell is encircled by articulated threads, one of which is more prominent, in rosy or clay-colored hues with paler intervals. The sutural region is tessellated, with 4 convex whorls and a blunt apex. The base is convex, with a moderate, plicate umbilicus encircled by a whitish band. The aperture is circular with a thick, simple lip, and the columella is smooth.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Japan, China; off Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea and off Madagascar.
References
Thiele, J. (1924). "Revision des Systems der Trochacea". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 11 (1): 63, 71.
Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627–650.
Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158. page(s): 106
Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxsheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–372.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
Dunker, W. (1860). "Neue japanische Mollusken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 226. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
Sowerby, G.B. III (1894). "Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the neighbourhood of Hong-Kong". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1 (4): 158.
Dunker, W. (1860). "Neue japanische Mollusken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 226.
Adams, A. (1861). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 244.
Sabelli, S. (2023). "The "Bothropoma" species in the Red Sea". Bollettino Malacologico. 59 (2): 217. doi:10.53559/BollMalacol.2023.01.
"Bothropoma pilula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.