Biology:Ptychobela suturalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ptychobela suturalis
Ptychobela suturalis 001.jpg
Shells of Ptychobela suturalis (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Ptychobela
Species:
P. suturalis
Binomial name
Ptychobela suturalis
(Gray, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia suturalis Gray, 1838
  • Pleurotoma crenularis Kiener, 1840
  • Pleurotoma major Reeve, 1843

Ptychobela suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 40 mm, its diameter 12.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off Hainan Island, China.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ptychobela suturalis (Gray, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Gray, J.E. 1838. On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History 1 1: 27-30
  • Kiener, L.C. 1839–1840. Genre Pleurotome (Pleurotoma Lam.). 1-84, pls 1–27 in Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau Vol. 5.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977–2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655–717.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3719952 entry