Collonia admissa is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Collonia admissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Collonia
Species:
C. admissa
Binomial name
Collonia admissa
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo (Collonia) admissus E. A. Smith, 1890

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena.

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Collonia admissa (E. A. Smith, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532650 on 2013-02-10
  • Smith E. A. (1890) Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1890): 247-317, pl 21-24. [August 1890]

page(s): 294, pl. 22 fig. 4

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