Koloonella Explained

Koloonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Koloonella include:

• Koloonella angusta (Watson, 1885)^[2]
• Koloonella buijsi (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000)
• Koloonella calva (Schander, 1994)
• Koloonella capricornia (Hedley, 1906)
• Koloonella coacta (Watson, 1886)
• Koloonella harrisonae (Tate & May, 1900)
• Koloonella hasta (Laseron, 1951)
• Koloonella hawaiiensis Kay, 1979
• Koloonella ignorabilis (Peñas & Rolán, 1997)
• Koloonella laxa (Watson, 1886)
• Koloonella micra (Petterd, 1884)
• Koloonella minutissima (Laseron, 1951)
• Koloonella moniliformis (Hedley & Musson, 1891)
• Koloonella plunketti (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)^[3]
• Koloonella subtilis (Watson, 1886)
• Koloonella tenuis Laseron, 1959
• Koloonella tomacula (Laseron, 1951)
• Koloonella tricincta (Tate, 1898)
• Koloonella turrita (Petterd, 1884)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Koloonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906): synonym of Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906)

The species is Koloonella hawaiiensis Kay, 1979, considered valid in ITIS, but also listed as Eulimella hawaiiensis in Severns, 2011^{[4] [5]}

References

• Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• ITIS

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Koloonella Laseron, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592621 on 2012-01-12
2. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/89971 OBIS: Koloonella angusta
3. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/89975 OBIS: Koloonella plunketti
4. http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Koloonella-hawaiiensis-a.html Sea Slugs of Hawaii : Koloonella hawaiiensis
5. http://www.conchbooks.de/contents/en-us/p779.html Mike Severns (2011), Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Land Shells, 459 pages, ConchBooks