''Kilburnia scholvieni'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

in the family

Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. The family Fasciolariidae probably appe ...

, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2012). Kilburnia scholvieni (Strebel, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607895 on 25 August 2012

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

References

* Kilburn, R.N. (1974) ''Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae''. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220. * Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) ''Fasciolariidae''. pp. 106–137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. Endemic_fauna_of_South_Africa Fasciolariidae.html" ;"title="Endemic_fauna_of_South_Africa.html" ;"title=" Endemic fauna of South Africa"> Endemic fauna of South Africa Fasciolariidae">Endemic_fauna_of_South_Africa.html" ;"title=" Endemic fauna of South Africa"> Endemic fauna of South Africa Fasciolariidae Gastropods described in 1911 {{Fasciolariidae-stub