Clionella

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Clionella sinuata 002.jpg | image_caption = Clionella sinuata | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Clionella | authority = Gray, 1847 | type_species= Buccinum sinuatum Born, 1778 | type_species_authority = Born, 1778 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Melatoma Swainson, 1840

Clionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

Description

The shell of the species in this genus is narrowly bucciniform and turriculated. The protoconch is somewhat conical, containing 2 whorls. The whorls are somewhat flattened, longitudinally ribbed with long, flexuous ribs, and have a thick epidermis. The ribs lack subsutural or peripheral processes. The spire of the shell is elevated. The body whorl is truncated. The siphonal canal is scarcely indicated at the broad base of the aperture. The anal sinus is very shallow. The lip has a small infrasutural anal sinus with no distinct parietal tubercle. The operculum has a lateral nucleus. The foot is short, broad, and rounded behind. The eyes are located near the tip of the tentacles. Radula formula (1-1-1),

Distribution

This marine genus mainly occurs off South Africa.

Species

Species within the genus Clionella include:

• Clionella aglaophanes (Watson, 1882)
• Clionella bornii (E.A. Smith, 1877)
• Clionella confusa Smith E. A., 1906
• Clionella costata (Swainson, 1840)
• Clionella halistrepta (Bartsch, 1915)
• Clionella kraussii (E.A. Smith, 1877)
• Clionella liltvedi Kilburn, 1985
• Clionella lobatopsis (Barnard, 1963)
• Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Clionella semicostata (Kiener, 1840)
• Clionella sinuata (Born, 1778)
• Clionella striolata Turton, 1932
• Clionella subcontracta (E.A. Smith, 1904)
• Clionella subventricosa (E.A. Smith, 1877)
• Clionella vilma (Thiele, 1925) ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Clionella amblia R.B. Watson, 1882: synonym of Inodrillia nucleata (Dall, 1881)
• Clionella assimilans Turton, 1932; synonym of Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff, 1876)
• Clionella bipartita E.A. Smith, 1877: synonym of Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff, H.C. & W. Kobelt, 1876)
• Clionella conspicienda Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
• Clionella delicatulina Locard, 1897: synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
• Clionella elizabethae Bartsch, P., 1915: synonym of Nquma rousi (Sowerby III, 1886)
• Clionella gravis (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Makiyamaia gravis (Hinds, 1843)
• Clionella kowiensis Turton, 1932: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Clionella kowiensis viridis Turton, 1932: synonym of Clionella kowiensis Turton, 1932, synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Clionella krausii (E. A. Smith, 1877): synonym of Clionella kraussii (E.A. Smith, 1877)
• Clionella nereia Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Clionella proxima Turton, 1932: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Clionella quadruplex (Watson, 1882) : synonym of Belomitra quadruplex (Watson, 1882)
• Clionella sinuatum (Born, 1778): synonym of Clionella sinuata (Born, 1778)
• Clionella sybaritica Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Clionella rosaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Clionella taxea (Röding, 1798): synonym of Clavatula taxea (Röding, 1798)
• Clionella tripartita (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876): synonym of Clavatula tripartita (Weinkauff, 1876)

References

• Swainson, Treatise Malacology, 1840, pp. 202, 342, text fig. 104
• Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, p. 153

References

1. {{WRMS species. 203916. ''Clionella'' Gray, 1847. 15 April 2010
2. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". [[Journal of Molluscan Studies]].
3. [[George Washington Tryon]], Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 158; 1884
4. ".Rolàn et al., Notes on West African Perrona (Gastropoda : Clavatulidae), with the description of a new species; Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología v.26 (1), (2008)".
5. {{WRMS species. 433310. ''Clionella aglaophanes'' (Watson, 1882). 15 April 2010
6. {{WRMS species. 216086. ''Clionella bornii'' (E.A. Smith, 1877). 15 April 2010
7. {{WRMS species. 216085. ''Clionella confusa'' Smith E. A., 1906. 15 April 2010
8. {{WRMS species. 433311. ''Clionella costata'' (Swainson, 1840). 15 April 2010
9. {{WRMS species. 433313. ''Clionella halistrepta'' (Bartsch, 1915). 15 April 2010
10. {{WRMS species. 216087. ''Clionella kraussii'' (E.A. Smith, 1877). 15 April 2010
11. {{WRMS species. 216083. ''Clionella liltvedi'' Kilburn, 1985. 15 April 2010
12. {{WRMS species. 433315. ''Clionella lobatopsis'' (Barnard, 1963). 15 April 2010
13. {{WRMS species. 216090. ''Clionella rosaria'' (Reeve, 1846). 15 April 2010
14. {{WRMS species. 216088. ''Clionella semicostata'' (Kiener, 1840). 15 April 2010
15. {{WRMS species. 216084. ''Clionella sinuata'' (Born, 1778). 15 April 2010
16. {{WRMS species. 216091. ''Clionella striolata'' Turton, 1932. 15 April 2010
17. {{WRMS species. 216081. ''Clionella subcontracta'' (E.A. Smith, 1904). 15 April 2010
18. {{WRMS species. 216082. ''Clionella subventricosa'' (E.A. Smith, 1877). 15 April 2010
19. {{WRMS species. 216089. ''Clionella vilma'' (Thiele, 1925). 15 April 2010
20. {{WRMS species. 433312. ''Clionella gravis'' (Hinds, 1843). 15 April 2010

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