Ptychobela opisthochetos
Appearance
Ptychobela opisthochetos | |
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Shells of Ptychobela opisthochetos (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Ptychobela |
Species: | P. opisthochetos
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Binomial name | |
Ptychobela opisthochetos Kilburn, 1989
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Ptychobela opisthochetos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and the Gulf of Oman.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ptychobela opisthochetos Kilburn, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Kilburn, R.N., 1989. Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae). Annals of the Natal Museum 30: 185-196
External links
[edit]- 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: Ptychobela opisthochetos