Arctomelon tamikoae

Arctomelon tamikoae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Arctomelon
Species:	A. tamikoae
Binomial name
Arctomelon tamikoae (Kosuge, 1970)
Synonyms
Boreomelon tamikoaeKosuge, 1970

Arctomelon tamikoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 200 mm and 208 mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States.

References

1. Arctomelon tamikoae (Kosuge, 1970) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
2. Clark R.N. (2018). The genus Arctomelon Dall, 1915 in Alaskan waters, with the description of a new species. The Festivus. 50(4): 256–263.

• Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

• Kosuge S. (1970). Description of a new species of Volutidae from the East China Sea. Venus. 29(4): 111-113