Ptychobela sumatrensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Ptychobela
Species:
P. sumatrensis
Binomial name
Ptychobela sumatrensis
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma sumatrense Petit de la Saussaye, 1852

Ptychobela sumatrensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sumatra, Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Ptychobela sumatrense (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Hardy, Eddie. "Ptychobela sumatrense". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  • Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 51-59
  • Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
  • Kilburn, R.N., 1989. Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae). Annals of the Natal Museum 30: 185-196


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