Paramontana punicea

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Paramontana punicea
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Original image of a shell of Paramontana punicea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Paramontana
Species:
P. punicea
Binomial name
Paramontana punicea
(Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms [1]

Pseudodaphnella puniceaHedley, 1922 (original combination)

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Paramontana punicea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]

This species has also been considered a synonym of Pseudodaphnella pullulaHervier, R.P.J., 1897 [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description) The small, solid shell is ovate-lanceolate and acuminate. The shell contains 7 whorls, including a two-whorled protoconch. Its colour is uniform lilac.

Sculpture: Stout perpendicular ribs extending from the shoulder to the base are set at thirteen to a whorl, about their own breadth apart. The spirals number three or four on the upper whorls, and nine on the body whorl. A bead occurs where a spiral intersects a rib, and on the snout, where the radials do not otherwise appear, the small close spirals are still beaded. The aperture is wide. The varix is massive There are four denticules within the outer lip. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Australia (Queensland).

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Paramontana punicea (Hedley, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434585 on 2019-08-07
  2. ↑ Gastropods.com: Pseudodaphnella pullula
  3. ↑ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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