Koloonella

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title: "Koloonella" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["murchisonellidae"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/murchisonellidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloonella" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Koloonella | authority = Laseron, 1959 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = Eulimella moniliformis | type_species_authority = Hedley & Musson, 1891

Koloonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Koloonella include:

• Koloonella angusta (Watson, 1885)
• Koloonella buijsi (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 2000)
• Koloonella calva (Schander, 1994)
• Koloonella capricornia (Hedley, 1906)
• Koloonella coacta (Watson, 1886)
• Koloonella harrisonae (Tate & May, 1900)
• Koloonella hasta (Laseron, 1951)
• Koloonella hawaiiensis Kay, 1979
• Koloonella ignorabilis (Peñas & Rolán, 1997)
• Koloonella laxa (Watson, 1886)
• Koloonella micra (Petterd, 1884)
• Koloonella minutissima (Laseron, 1951)
• Koloonella moniliformis (Hedley & Musson, 1891)
• Koloonella plunketti (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
• Koloonella subtilis (Watson, 1886)
• Koloonella tenuis Laseron, 1959
• Koloonella tomacula (Laseron, 1951)
• Koloonella tricincta (Tate, 1898)
• Koloonella turrita (Petterd, 1884) ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Koloonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906): synonym of Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906)

The species is Koloonella hawaiiensis Kay, 1979, considered valid in ITIS, but also listed as Eulimella hawaiiensis in Severns, 2011

References

• Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191.

References

1. Laseron, C. (1959). The family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 : 177-267, figs 1-213
2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Koloonella'' Laseron, 1959. Accessed through: [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592621 on 2012-01-12
3. [http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/89971 OBIS: Koloonella angusta]
4. [http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/89975 OBIS: Koloonella plunketti]
5. [http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Koloonella-hawaiiensis-a.html Sea Slugs of Hawaii : ''Koloonella hawaiiensis'']
6. [http://www.conchbooks.de/contents/en-us/p779.html Mike Severns (2011), Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Land Shells, 459 pages, ConchBooks] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-28)

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