Neocollonia pilula

Neocollonia pilula
	A shell of Neocollonia pilula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Genus:	Neocollonia
Species:	N. pilula
Binomial name
	Neocollonia pilula; (Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms
	Bothropoma cf. pilula Bosch et al., 1995; Bothropoma isseli Thiele, 1924 ; Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860) superseded combination; Bothropoma pilulum (Dunker, 1860) (wrong spelling of species name; pilula is a noun in apposition); Collonia japonica (A. Adams, 1861); Collonia pilula (Dunker, 1860); Complicatacollonista isseli (Thiele, 1924) superseded combination; Cynisca japonica A. Adams, 1861 (junior synonym); Leptothyra inepta (Gould, 1861); Leptothyra pilula R. W. Dunker, 1860; Liotia pilula Dunker, 1860 (original combination); Monilea inepta Gould, 1861; Monilea rotundata G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 (junior synonym); Neocollonia diversicolor Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 junior subjective synonym; Neocollonia inepta (A. Gould, 1861) junior subjective synonym; Neocollonia isseli (Thiele, 1924) junior subjective synonym; Neocollonia kantori Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 junior subjective synonym; Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860); Neocollonia pilula pilula (Dunker, 1860); Neocollonia splendida Poppe, Tagaro & S.-I Huang, 2023 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym;

Neocollonia pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.^[2]

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Neocollonia pilula rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of Planacollonista rosa (Pilsbry, 1904) (superseded combination)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.^[3]

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
^ ^a ^b Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
^ Gould, A.A. (1861). "Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7 (18): 16. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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.
"Bothropoma pilula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[RM-1] Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.

[WoRMS-2] Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

[3] Gould, A.A. (1861). "Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7 (18): 16. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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