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Cookia
''Cookia'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ..., the turban snails. ''Cookia'' is sometimes treated as a subgenus of the genus '' Bolma'' The genus was named after Captain James Cook. Species Species within the genus ''Cookia'' include: * †'' Cookia kawauensis'' Powell, 1938 * '' Cookia sulcata'' (Lightfoot, 1786) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cookia novaezelandiae'' Lesson, 1832: synonym of ''Cookia sulcata'' (Lightfoot, 1786) References * Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) ''The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990''. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookia Sulcata
''Cookia sulcata'', or Cook's turban, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cookia sulcata (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413403 on 2012-03-15 Description The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 90 mm. The large, imperforate, rather thin shell is conic. The periphery is rounded. The spire is more or less elevated. The sutures are deeply impressed. The seven whorls are well rounded, with close lamellose incremental striae, and corrugated by obliquely descending subtuberculose folds. The base is flattened bearing concentric densely squamose lirae, deeply concave in the center, and indented in the place of the umbilicus. The aperture is transversely oval, very oblique, pearly and somewhat corrugated within. The thin columella is arcuate. The umbilical region and part of base i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |