Ptychobela vexillium

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

Ptychobela vexillium
Shells of Ptychobela vexillium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:
Ptychobela
Species:
P. vexillum
Binomial name
Ptychobela vexillium
(Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachytoma vexillum Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Inquisitor vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)

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.

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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References
  1. 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
  2. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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