Columella (gastropod), the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 15 relations: Aliger gigas, Aperture (mollusc), Caribbean Sea, Family (biology), Gastropod shell, Genus, George Washington Tryon, Mantle (mollusc), Operculum (gastropod), Siphonal canal, Snail, Species, Umbilicus (mollusc), Whorl (mollusc), X-ray.

2. Mollusc shells

Aliger gigas

Aliger gigas, originally known as Strombus gigas or more recently as Lobatus gigas, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family of true conches, the Strombidae.

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Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where the head-foot part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc. Columella (gastropod) and aperture (mollusc) are gastropod anatomy.

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Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Gastropod shell

The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. Columella (gastropod) and gastropod shell are gastropod anatomy and mollusc shells.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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George Washington Tryon

George Washington Tryon Jr. (20 May 1838 – 5 February 1888) was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

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Mantle (mollusc)

The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

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Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails; the structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Aciculidae, Maizaniidae, Pomatiidae, etc. Columella (gastropod) and operculum (gastropod) are gastropod anatomy.

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Siphonal canal

The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Columella (gastropod) and siphonal canal are gastropod anatomy and mollusc shells.

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Snail

A snail is a shelled gastropod.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Umbilicus (mollusc)

The umbilicus of a shell is the axially aligned, hollow cone-shaped space within the whorls of a coiled mollusc shell. Columella (gastropod) and umbilicus (mollusc) are mollusc shells.

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Whorl (mollusc)

A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral or whorled growth of a mollusc shell. Columella (gastropod) and whorl (mollusc) are mollusc shells.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

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See also

Mollusc shells

• Anal sulcus
• Apex (mollusc)
• Aspein
• Bivalve shell
• Body whorl
• Callus (mollusc)
• Columella (gastropod)
• Conch
• Conch (instrument)
• Conchology
• Gastropod shell
• Gomti Chakra
• Hinge line
• Hinge teeth
• Lip (gastropod)
• Lira (mollusc)
• Lunule (bivalve)
• Mollusc shell
• Parietal callus
• Pearl
• Periostracum
• Plait (gastropod)
• Planispiral
• Prodissoconch
• Protoconch
• Resilifer
• Resilium
• Sculpture (mollusc)
• Seashell
• Seashell resonance
• Selenizone
• Septum (cephalopod)
• Shell growth in estuaries
• Shell purse
• Siphonal canal
• Siphonal notch
• Spire (mollusc)
• Stromboid notch
• Test (biology)
• Tusk shell
• Umbilicus (mollusc)
• Valve (mollusc)
• Varix (mollusc)
• Whorl (mollusc)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columella_(gastropod)

Also known as Collumella (mollusk), Columella (mollusc), Columella (mollusk), Columellar muscles.