Ptychobela nodulosa

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Ptychobela nodulosa
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Shells of Ptychobela nodulosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Ptychobela
Species:
P. nodulosa
Binomial name
Ptychobela nodulosa
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula crenularisLamarck, 1816
  • Drillia crenularis(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex nodulosusGmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) atkinsoniiE. A. Smith, 1877
  • Pleurotoma atkinsoniiE. A. Smith, 1877
  • Ptychobela crenularis(Lamarck, 1816)

Ptychobela nodulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 34 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia, Australia and also found off Western India

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579019 on 2019-01-17