Ptychobela minimarus

Ptychobela minimarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Ptychobela
Species:	P. minimarus
Binomial name
Ptychobela minimarus (Kosuge, 1993)
Synonyms [1]
Inquisitor minimarusKosuge, 1993 (original combination)

Ptychobela minimarus 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 14.3 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia and also found off Hainan Island, China. ^[2]

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ptychobela minimarus (Kosuge, 1993)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
2. "(PDF) Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas". ResearchGate. p. 733, 734. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

• Kosuge, S. 1993. Report on the family Turridae collected along the northwestern coast of Australia. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 6 3: 10-15

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699-740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086