Ptychobela opisthochetos

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Ptychobela opisthochetos
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Shells of Ptychobela opisthochetos (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and the Gulf of Oman.

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