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Koloonella coacta

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Koloonella coacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Murchisonellidae
Genus: Koloonella
Species:
K. coacta
Binomial name
Koloonella coacta
(Watson, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eulimella coacta Watson, 1886 (basionym)
  • Zonella coacta (Laseron, 1959)

Koloonella coacta, common name the forced pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.

References

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  1. ^ Watson, R.B. (1886). Report of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Reports on the Scientific Research Voyage of the HMS Challenger 1873 - 76. (zoology) 15 (42) p.498, pl. 33, fig. 4
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Koloonella coacta (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592624 on 2012-01-12
  • May, W.L. (1923). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp.
  • Laseron, C. (1959). The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 : 177-267, figs 1-213
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
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