Mormula chrysozona

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

Mormula chrysozona
Drawing of a shell of Mormula chrysozona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Mormula
Species:
M. chrysozona
Binomial name
Mormula chrysozona
(Martens, 1880)
Synonyms

Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) chrysozona Martens, 1880

Distribution

The shell is white, with a single narrow orange band on the upper whorls, two on the middle ones, three on the body whorl. The length of the shell is 15 mm. The shell is densely cancellated. The teleoconch contains 12-13 convex whorls that are occasional!y varicose. The body whorl is subangulate. The columella is slightly plicate at the base, where the aperture is a little channeled.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Mascarene Basin
  • Mauritius

References
  1. WoRMS (2010). Mormula chrysozona (Martens, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217256 on 2011-10-26
  2. Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 337, 1889 (described as Turbonilla chrysozona)
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