Protoelongata corallina

Protoelongata corallina
	Shell of Vexillum corallinum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Protoelongata
Species:	P. corallina
Binomial name
	Protoelongata corallina; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Mitra corallina Reeve, 1845; Pusia corallina (Reeve, 1845); Vexillum (Protoelongata) corallinum (Reeve, 1845); Vexillum (Pusia) corallinum (Reeve, 1845); Vexillum corallinum (Reeve, 1845);

Protoelongata corallina, common name the coral mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]^[2]

Description

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiform, polished and a little recurved at the base. The whorls are transversely obsoletely striated and longitudinally plicately ribbed. Its colour is amber or coral red, the ribs whitish. The columella is four-plaited.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Protoelongata corallina (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957081 on 2018-12-31
^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
^ Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

W.O.Cernohorsky, The Mitridae of Fiji - The Veliger v. 8 (1965-1966)

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase (2018). Protoelongata corallina (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957081 on 2018-12-31

[2] Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.

[3] Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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