Amaea sulcata
| Amaea sulcata | |
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| Shell of Amaea sulcata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Amaea |
| Species: | A. sulcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amaea sulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
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Amaea sulcata is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
A thin, white shell with fine spiral striations; consisting of 7 narrow, rounded whorls, separated by a moderate suture and adorned with numerous closely spaced, thin lamellae. [2] [3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan; in the East China Sea; also off Australia (Queensland).
References
[edit]- ^ a b Amaea sulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)). 5 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Tryon, G.W. (1879–1898). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. Ser.1, v.9 (Ser.1, v.9 ed.). Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 68. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Sowerby, G.B. II (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4). London: privately published. p. 102. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- Nakayama (2003). "A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)". Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6: 21.
External links
[edit]- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). "The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique" (PDF). Annals of the Natal Museum. 27 (1): 239–337.
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