Venustoma harucoa

Venustoma harucoa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Venustoma harucoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Venustoma
Species:
V. harucoa
Binomial name
Venustoma harucoa
Bartsch, 1941

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Venustoma harucoa. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578285 on 2018-01-31
  • Bartsch, Paul, The Nomenclatorial Status of Certain Northern Turritid Mollusks; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington vol. 54, 1941
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Venustoma harucoa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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