Gymnobela ioessa

Gymnobela ioessa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Gymnobela ioessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Gymnobela
Species:
G. ioessa
Binomial name
Gymnobela ioessa
Sysoev, 1997

Etymology

The specific name is derived from ioessa, the feminine form of the Greek ioeis, meaning violet or dark brown, referring to the color of the shell.[2]

Description

The species' shell is 45 millimetres (1.8 in) tall and consists of 10 whorls, with a pronounced spire. The anal sinus is broad and deep. General coloration is reddish-violet, with brown coloration inside the aperture. The radular teeth are long and thin with barbs at the ends, measuring about 170 micrometres long. The aperture is 21.2 millimetres (0.83 in) tall by 16.0 millimetres (0.63 in) wide.[2]

Distribution

G. ioessa is found in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia.[2] and in the Arafura Sea, at depths between 836 m - 869 m.

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References
  1. Gymnobela ioessa Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. Sysoev, Alexander (1997). Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (eds.). "Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia" (PDF). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 16 (172): 325–355. ISBN 2-85653-506-2. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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