''Cheungbeia kawamurai'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

, a marine

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mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

in the

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Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...

, the turrids and alliesMolluscaBase (2018). Cheungbeia kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056322 on 2 June 2018

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.1 mm, its diameter 13.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off

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and off the

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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 * Li B.Q., Kilburn R.N., & Li X.Z. (2010). ''Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas''. Journal of Natural History. 44, 699–740

External links

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Image of ''Cheungbeia kawamurai''; Li, Bao Quan, Kilburn, Richard N. and Li, Xin Zheng(2010) 'Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966(Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas', Journal of Natural History, 44: 11, 699–740
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheungbeia Kawamurai Cheungbeia, kawamurai Gastropods described in 1966