Phenatoma roseum | |
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Two shells of Phenatoma roseum (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Phenatoma roseum, or the pink tower shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
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]
This species is endemic to New Zealand and Tasmania.
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