Clio pyramidata

Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767

Clio pyramidata 7 mm (Pacific population)  by Cory Pittman
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Taxonomy

• Cleodora brownii de Blainville, 1825
• Cleodora exacuta Gould, 1852
• Cleodora pyramidata (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Clio (Clio) pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767
• Clio caudata Linnaeus, 1767
• Clio occidentalis Dall, 1871
• Clio pyramidata var. convexa Boas, 1886

Description

Biology

Etymology

• Clio. From Greek “kleios” Glory, also a sea nymph. 
• Pyramidata. From Greek “πὔρἄμίς” (Pyramis) meaning pyramid, pyramidal, pyramid shaped, because of the shape of the shell.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Clio pyramidata
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Clio pyramidata

Galicia: Hidalgo (1917, as Cleodora), Rolán (1983), Urgorri and Besteiro (1983). Portugal: Locard (1897, bathyal), Hidalgo (1917). Gibraltar: Hidalgo (1917). Andalucía (Med.): Rampal (1968, 2002), Vives, Santamaría and Trepat (1975), Templado et al. (1986), Sánchez-Moyano et al. (2000), Peñas et al. (in press). Catalunya: Hidalgo (1917), Ramírez-Llodra et al. (2007). Baleares: Rampal (2002). Canarias: Odhner (1931), Hernández et al. (1991), Lozano-Soldevilla and Hernández (1991), Hernández and Jiménez (1992), Hernández, Jiménez and Silva (1997a,b), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean: