Ptychobela minimarus
Ptychobela minimarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Ptychobela minimarus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Ptychobela |
| Species: | P. minimarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychobela minimarus (Kosuge, 1993) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Inquisitor minimarus Kosuge, 1993 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.3 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia; also found off Hainan Island, China.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Ptychobela minimarus (Kosuge, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056671 on 2018-09-20
- Kosuge, S. 1993. Report on the family Turridae collected along the northwestern coast of Australia. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 6 3: 10-15
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699-740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086
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