Coluzea rotunda
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Coluzea rotunda 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Coluzea rotunda
| genus = Coluzea
| species = rotunda
| authority = (Barnard, 1959)
| synonyms = Columbarium rotundum Barnard, 1959
}}
Coluzea rotunda is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbariidae.{{WRMS species|463623|Coluzea rotunda (Barnard, 1959)}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 75 mm.
The shell is relatively thin, with a long, slender, and straight siphonal canal. The whorls are rounded, with the periphery featuring at most low spines, primarily on the apical spire whorls. The rest of the shell is sculpted with rounded axial ribs intersected by spiral cords, which are most prominent below the periphery. {{cite book |last1=Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. |title=Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Malachite Marketing and Media |location=Pretoria |page=289 |doi=10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |url=https://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |isbn=978-1-86868-098-6|access-date=17 October 2024}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa4|from this source=yes}}
The shell is uniformly white, covered by a pale khaki-brown periostracum.
Distribution
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last1=Steyn DG and Lussi M. |title=Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. |date=2005 |publisher=published by the authors |page=172}}
- {{cite book |last1=Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. |title=Turbinellidae. Pp. 300-310, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1 |date=2010 |publisher=Centre for Molluscan Studies |location=Groenkloof |pages=1–376}}
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Darragh |first1=T.A. |title=A revision of the family Columbariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria |date=1969 |volume=83 |issue=1 |page=106 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56624162}}
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