Gymnobela virgulata

Gymnobela virgulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Gymnobela virgulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Gymnobela
Species:
G. virgulata
Binomial name
Gymnobela virgulata
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

Description

The length of the shell attains 26.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Marquesas.

References

  • Sysoev, A. & Bouchet, P., 2001. New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the south-west Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 185: 271-320
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Gastropods.com: Gymnobela virgulata
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.