Kilburnia heynemanni

Kilburnia heynemanni
Shell of Kilburnia heynemanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Kilburnia
Species:
K. heynemanni
Binomial name
Kilburnia heynemanni
(Dunker, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) heynemanni Dunker, 1876
  • Fasciolaria dunkeri Strebel, 1912 (junior synonym)
  • Fasciolaria heynemanni Dunker, 1876 (original combination)
  • Fasciolaria lugubris heynemanni Dunker, 1876
  • Fasciolaria strebeli Fulton, 1930 (junior synonym)
  • Kilburnia dunkeri (Strebel, 1911)
  • Kilburnia strebeli (Fulton, 1930)
  • Pleuroploca heynemanni (Dunker, 1876)
  • Pleuroploca lugubris heynemanni (Dunker, 1876)

Kilburnia heynemanni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip (snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 135 mm.[2]

The large shell is broadly spindle-shaped. The spire is about half the total length of aperture. The whorls show a distinct shoulder bearing strong, widely spaced nodules. The body whorl is smooth or spirally ridged. The inner lip is expanded at the base of the siphonal canal to form a strong fold, with one to two weaker pleats above this. The parietal region has a crisp in-running ridge just below insertion of outer lip. The outer lip is not sharply drawn in at its base. The interior of outer lip is smooth. Specimens from shallow water are smaller and have a crenulate outer lip.[2]

The colour of the shell is cream to pale orange-brown, with a darker yellowish-brown to dark brown periostracum.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to South Africa and occurs off the Agulhas Bank (west to False Bay) and Transkei shelf, at depths between 25 m and 100 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kilburnia heynemanni (Dunker, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b c d Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN 978-1-86868-098-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
  • Steyn DG and Lussi M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. published by the authors. p. 148.
  • Marais JP and Kilburn RN. (2010). Fasciolariidae. In: Marais AP and Seccombe AD (eds) Identification Guide to the Seashells of South Africa. Vol. 1. Groenkloof. Centre for Molluscan Studies. p. 136.
  • Aiken, R. & Seccombe, A. (2019). "Five new Gastropoda (Casmaria, Sassia, Kilburnia, Quasimitra and Calliostoma) from the eastern seaboard of southern Africa and a revision of Mitra boswellae". The Festivus. 51 (3): 198–217.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Snyder, M. A., Vermeij, G. J. & Lyons, W. G. (2012). "The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae)". Basteria. 76 (1–3): 31–70.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Branch GM, Griffiths CL, Branch ML and Beckley LE. (2016). Two Oceans. A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Fourth edition. Cape Town: Struik Nature. p. 194.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)