Cernohorskyola analogica

Cernohorskyola analogica
Cernohorskyola analogica tatei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Cernohorskyola
Species:
C. analogica
Binomial name
Cernohorskyola analogica
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Austromitra analogica (Reeve, 1845) superseded combination
  • Mitra analogica Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra tatei Angas, 1879
  • Mitra teresiae Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Mitra weldii Tenison-Woods, 1878
  • Volutomitra vincta Adams, 1855

Cernohorskyola analogica, common name the analogous mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

Description

(Original description) The shell is ovately oblong and is contracted and grooved at the base. The whorls of the spire are ornamented with longitudinal, plicate ribs, while the body whorl is smooth. The shell is very dark brown in color and is encircled by a narrow yellow band. The columella bears three folds. [3]

Distribution

This snail is found under rocks and in algae from the intertidal zone to a depth of 570 m along the coasts from Southern Queensland down to the southeast and southern Australia and Tasmania.

References

  1. ^ OBID : Austromitra analogica
  2. ^ Cernohorskyola analogica (Reeve, 1845). 6 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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. London: L. Reeve & co. p. pl. 35. Retrieved 6 March 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Wilson, B., 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Vol. 2. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia. 1–370.
  • Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp