Ptychobela vexillium
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ptychobela vexillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Ptychobela vexillium | |
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| A shell of Ptychobela vexillium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Ptychobela |
| Species: | P. vexillium |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychobela vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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R.N. Kilburn proposed in 1989 Brachytoma vexillum Habe & Kosuge, 1966 as a synonym of Ptychobela suturalis (Gray, 1838)[2]
The epithet vexillium was probably a misspelling in the original text, but was not indicated as such. Therefore, it takes priority over vexillum, published five-month later and repeated later by some authors.
Description
The length of the shell attains 46.5 mm, its diameter 14.5 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South China Sea, off the Philippines and Japan; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
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