Cheungbeia kawamurai

Cheungbeia kawamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Cheungbeia kawamurai
Apertural view of a shell of Cheungbeia kawamurai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Cheungbeia
Species:
C. kawamurai
Binomial name
Cheungbeia kawamurai
(Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachytoma kawamurai Habe & Kosuge, 1966 (original combination)
  • Inquisitor kawamurai Chang and Wu 2000
  • Ptychobela kawamurai Springsteen and Leobrera 1986

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs off Taiwan and off the Philippines.

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References
  1. MolluscaBase (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
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • 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
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