Antiplanes obliquiplicata

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Antiplanes obliquiplicata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Antiplanes
Species:A. obliquiplicata
Binomial name
Antiplanes obliquiplicata
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991

Antiplanes obliquiplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Kurile Islands, Russia and Northern Japan.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Antiplanes obliquiplicata Kantor & Sysoev, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433027 on 2018-04-26