Cheungbeia laterculata

Cheungbeia laterculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Cheungbeia
Species:	C. laterculata
Binomial name
Cheungbeia laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia laterculataSchepman 1913 Inquisitor laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Inquisitor zonata(non Reeve, 1843): Chang and Wu 2000 Pleurotoma laterculataG. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (original combination)

Cheungbeia laterculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm.^{[ citation needed ]}

The shell is fusiform, solid, and smooth. It is longitudinally ribbed and tessellated with red square spots. The spire is pyramidal. The whorls are angulate in the middle, with two keels present at the angle, and are tuberculated at the ribs. The aperture is subpyriform, and the inner lip is thickened externally and emarginate near the suture. ^{[2] [a]}

Distribution

This species appears in the China Seas, on the coastal areas of Vietnam, and from Southeast India to Queensland, Australia. ^[3]

Notes

1. Original description of C. laterculata was written in Latin by G. B. Sowerby II, 1870.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Cheungbeia laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056323 on 2 June 2018
2. Sowerby II, G. B. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1870): 249–259 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Li, B.-Q., Kilburn, R. N., & Li, X.-Z. (2010). *Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas*. Journal of Natural History, 44(11–12), 699–740. Taxonomic treatment of Cheungbeia laterculata. Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://treatment.plazi.org/id/181DC756FFE2FFB9FEC3FAFC8500C274/1

• Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Li B.Q., Kilburn R.N., & Li X.Z. (2010). Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History. 44, 699–740

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Image of Cheungbeia laterculata; Li, Bao Quan, Kilburn, Richard N. and Li, Xin Zheng(2010) 'Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966(Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas', Journal of Natural History, 44: 11, 699–740