Ptychobela lanceolata

Ptychobela lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Ptychobela
Species:
P. lanceolata
Binomial name
Ptychobela lanceolata
(Reeve, L.A., 1845)
Synonyms
  • Inquisitor lanceolatus (Hupé, 1854)
  • Pleurotoma lanceolata Hupé, 1854

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

References

Further reading

  • Hupé, H. 1854. Malacología y conquiliología. In C. Gay (Ed.): Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 8 und Atlas (Zoológica). Maulde et Renou, Paris, 449 S.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Nielsen, Sven N. (2003). Die marinen Gastropoden (exklusive Heterostropha) aus dem Miozän von Zentralchile (PDF) (Doctoral thesis) (in German). University of Hamburg.