Ptychobela sumatrensis

Ptychobela sumatrensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Ptychobela
Species:	P. sumatrensis
Binomial name
Ptychobela sumatrensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotoma sumatrensePetit de la Saussaye, 1852

Ptychobela sumatrensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sumatra, Indonesia.

References

1. Ptychobela sumatrense (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
2. Hardy, Eddie. "Ptychobela sumatrense". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

• Petit de la Saussaye, S., 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 3: 51-59
• Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23
• Kilburn, R.N., 1989. Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae). Annals of the Natal Museum 30: 185-196

External links

• Lectotype at MNHN, Paris
• Gastropods.com: Ptychobela sumatrense
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.