Callumbonella suturalis

Callumbonella suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Callumbonella suturalis
Shell of Callumbonella suturalis (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Callumbonella
Species:
C. suturalis
Binomial name
Callumbonella suturalis
(Philippi, 1836) [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma suturale (Philippi, 1836)
  • Calliostoma vincentae Kaicher 1986
  • Callumbonella namibiensis Rolán, Gonzalez-Porto & de Matos-Pita, 2009
  • Gibbula gorgonarum Fischer P. 1884
  • Trochus suturalis Philippi 1836 (original description)
  • Trochus tetragonostoma Jordan 1895
  • Zizyphinus folini Fischer P. 1882

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 32 mm. The oblique, umbilicate shell has a depressed-conical shape. The shell is cream-colored, with the tint of a blush rose. The seven whorls are planate, very smooth in the middle. They are above and below coronated with series of small tubercles. The superior nodules large and acute. The sculpture is variable as regards the beaded rows of striae. The body whorl is angulated, inferior face convex, concentrically cingulate. Its margin is very densely transversely striate and with oblique sulci, elegantly granulate-nodose. The about 16 basal cinguli are unequal. The aperture is angulated. Young specimens have a deep umbilicus which is inclosed within a sharp ridge.[3]

Distribution

It was originally discovered as a fossil from the Pliocene in Sicily and Calabria, Italy, but later found alive in the Bay of Bay of Biscay. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde Islands, the Canary Islands, Namibia and off Morocco; in the Mediterranean Sea off Algeria.

References
  1. Philippi R. A., 1836: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1 Schropp, Berlin [Berolini] xiv + 267 p., pl. 1–12
  2. Callumbonella suturalis (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Calliostoma suturale)
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • "Callumbonella suturalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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