Ptychobela opisthochetos | |
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Shells of Ptychobela opisthochetos (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Ptychobela |
Species: | P. opisthochetos |
Binomial name | |
Ptychobela opisthochetos Kilburn, 1989 | |
Ptychobela opisthochetos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.
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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and the Gulf of Oman.