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Tosapusia kurodai

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Tosapusia kurodai
Shell of Tosapusia kurodai (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Tosapusia
Species:
T. kurodai
Binomial name
Tosapusia kurodai
(Sakurai & Habe, 1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitropifex kurodai Sakurai & Habe, 1964
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) kurodai (Sakurai & Habe, 1964)
  • Vexillum kurodai (Sakurai & Habe, 1964)

Tosapusia kurodai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 32.3 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • New Caledonia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines
  • Japan

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Tosapusia kurodai (Sakurai & Habe, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957067 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
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