''Ptychobela vexillum'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
, the turrids and allies.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Ptychobela vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056672 on 2018-09-20]
R.N. Kilburn proposed in 1989 ''Brachytoma vexillum''
Habe & Kosuge, 1966 as a synonym of ''
Ptychobela suturalis
''Ptychobela suturalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Cona ...
''
(Gray, 1838)Kilburn, R. N. "Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae)." Annals of the Natal Museum 30.1 (1989): 185–196
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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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the South China Sea, off the Philippines and Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
; also off Australia (Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aus ...
, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
* Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966a, ''Shells of the world in colour, Vol. I. The tropical Pacific''. vii, (2 pp. map], 193 pp., pis. 1–68, supplemental pis. 1–2; Hoikusha, Osaka
External links
Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699–740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086
Gastropods.com: ''Brachytoma vexillum''
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Ptychobela, vexillium
Gastropods described in 1966
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