''Collonista arsinoensis'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

in the

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Colloniidae Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient linea ...

Bouchet, P. (2012). Collonista arsinoensis (Issel, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599410 on 2012-09-27

Distribution

This species occurs in the

Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ...

References

* Savigny, J.C., 1817 Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée française, publié par ordre du Gouvernement. Histoire Naturelle, Planches, Tome Deuxième. Céphalopodes, pl. 1; Gastéropodes, pl. 1–3; Coquilles, pl. 1-14; Annélidés, pl. 1–5; Crustacés, pl. 1-13; Arachnidés, pl. 1–9; Myriapodes, pl 1.; Orthoptères, pl. 1–7; Nevroptères, pl. 1–3; Hyménoptères, pl. 1-20; Echinodermes, pl. 1–9; Zoophytes, pl. 1–3; Ascidies, pl. 1; Polypes, pl. 1-14; Algues, pl. 1–2, vol. 2 * Issel, A., 1869 Malacologia del mar rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche, p. 387 pp, pls 1–5 * Bouchet, P. & Danrigal, F., 1982. Napoleon's Egyptian campaign (1798–1801) and the Savigny collection of shells. The Nautilus 96(1): 9–24 * Vine, P. (1986). ''Red Sea Invertebrates.'' Immel Publishing, London. 224 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 73–158 arsinoensis Gastropods described in 1869 {{Colloniidae-stub