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Miraclathurella bicanalifera

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Miraclathurella bicanalifera
Drawing of a shell of Miraclathurella bicanalifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Miraclathurella
Species:
M. bicanalifera
Binomial name
Miraclathurella bicanalifera
(Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira gracillima Carpenter, P.P., 1856
  • Crassispira variculosa Sowerby I, 1834
  • Lioglyphostoma acapulcanum Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932
  • Mangilia variculosa Sowerby I, 1834
  • Miraclathurella acapulcanum Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
  • Miraclathurella gracillima Carpenter, 1856
  • Miraclathurella nitida Sowerby I, 1834
  • Miraclathurella variculosa Sowerby I, 1834
  • Pleurotoma bicanalifera Sowerby I, 1834
  • Pleurotoma nitida Sowerby I, 1834

Miraclathurella bicanalifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 18 mm.

The whorls are narrowly shouldered. The longitudinal ribs are granose, crossed by raised striae. The color of the shell is dark chocolate-brown.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama; also off Costa Rica and Mexico.

References

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  • Sowerby, G. B. "The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells, vol. II." London, pls (1834): 127–262.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Miraclathurella bicanalifera