Argalista amakusaensis
| Argalista amakusaensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
| Genus: | Argalista |
| Species: | A. amakusaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Argalista amakusaensis (T. Habe, 1960)
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| Synonyms | |
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Collonista amakusaensis T. Habe, 1960 superseded combination | |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
- ^ Argalista amakusaensis (T. Habe, 1960). 22 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
External links
- 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.