Argalista amakusaensis

Argalista amakusaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Argalista
Species:
A. amakusaensis
Binomial name
Argalista amakusaensis
(T. Habe, 1960)
Synonyms

Collonista amakusaensis T. Habe, 1960 superseded combination

Argalista amakusaensis, common name the coral-red gibbula, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kyushu, Japan.

References

  • Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Huang, S.-I. (2023). The recent Colloniidae with a study of the Colloniidae collected by various expeditions of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 372 pp.
  • Habe, T. (1960). "New species of molluscs from the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, Reihoku-cho, Amakusa, Kumamoto Pref., Japan" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 8 (2): 295. Retrieved 22 October 2025.