Rhodopetoma erosa

Rhodopetoma erosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Rhodopetoma erosa
Original image of shells of Rhodopetoma erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Rhodopetoma
Species:
R. erosa
Binomial name
Rhodopetoma erosa
(Schrenck, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lora erosa Kinoshita 1937
  • Pleurotoma erosa Schrenck, 1862 (original combination)

Rhodopetoma erosa auct. non Schrenk, 1867 is a synonym of Propebela nobilis (Möller, 1842) [2]

Description

This marine species reaches 18 mm in length, its diameter 6.6 mm.

The shell is longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. There is a narrow band at the suture brown, with sometimes a darker band at the suture and another at the base. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs off Japan and Korea.

References

  • "Rhodopetoma erosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • HABE, Tadashige (1958), The Fauna of Akkeshi Bay : XXV. Gastropoda (With Plates I-V); Publications from the Akkeshi Marine Biological Station, 8: 2-39


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