Phenatoma roseum

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Phenatoma roseum
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Two shells of Phenatoma roseum (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Phenatoma
Species:
P. roseum
Binomial name
Phenatoma roseum
(Quoy & Gaimard), 1833
Synonyms [1]
  • Phenatoma novaezelandiae(Reeve, 1843)
  • Drillia novaezelandiaeReeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma novaezelandiaeReeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma plicatellaF. W. Hutton, 1885
  • Pleurotoma rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Phenatoma roseum, or the pink tower shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 34 mm; its width is 11 mm. The shell is spirally sulcate and longitudinally striate. The suture is slightly impressed, marginate and subcrenulate. The sinus is rather broad and shallow. It has a rose-ash color, purple-rose within the aperture. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and Tasmania.

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434595 on 14 August 2011
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia novaezelandiae)

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