Mormula chrysozona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
| Mormula chrysozona | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Mormula chrysozona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Mormula |
| Species: | M. chrysozona
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| Binomial name | |
| Mormula chrysozona (Martens, 1880)
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| Synonyms | |
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Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) chrysozona Martens, 1880 | |
Distribution
editThe shell is white, with a single narrow orange band on the upper whorls, two on the middle ones, three on the body whorl. The length of the shell is 15 mm. The shell is densely cancellated. The teleoconch contains 12-13 convex whorls that are occasional!y varicose. The body whorl is subangulate. The columella is slightly plicate at the base, where the aperture is a little channeled.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Mascarene Basin
- Mauritius
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Mormula chrysozona (Martens, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217256 on 2011-10-26
- ^ Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 337, 1889 (described as Turbonilla chrysozona)