''Callumbonella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, the top snails (unassigned to a subfamily).
Species
Species within the genus ''Callumbonella'' include:
* ''
Callumbonella suturalis
''Callumbonella suturalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 32 mm. The oblique, umbilicate shell has a depresse ...
''
(Philippi, 1836)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''
Callumbonella namibiensis
''Callumbonella suturalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 32 mm. The oblique, umbilicate shell has a depresse ...
''
Rolan, Gonzalez-Porto & de Matos-Pita, 2009:
synonym of ''Callumbonella suturalis'' (Philippi, 1836)
References
* Thiele J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 11: 47-74, 1 pl.
* 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
* Nolf F. & Verstraeten J. (2013) Critical analysis and additional information about the identity and distribution of the genus Callumbonella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Neptunea 12(4): 1-36
Trochidae
Gastropod genera
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