Biology:Rhodopetoma erosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Rhodopetoma erosa
Rhodopetoma erosa 001.jpg
Original image of shells of Rhodopetoma erosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

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

  • Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.


External links

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