Ptychobela minimarus
species of mollusc
Ptychobela minimarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
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 and also found off Hainan Island, China.
References
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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