Rhodopetoma erosa

Rhodopetoma erosa
Original image of shells of Rhodopetoma erosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Rhodopetoma
Species:	R. erosa
Binomial name
Rhodopetoma erosa (Schrenck, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
Lora erosaKinoshita 1937 Bela erosa(Schrenck, 1861) superseded combination Pleurotoma (Clavatula) erosaSchrenck, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination Pleurotoma erosaSchrenck, 1862 (original combination)

Rhodopetoma erosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. ^[1]

Rhodopetoma erosaauct. non Schrenk, 1867 is a synonym of Propebela nobilis (Möller, 1842) ^[2]

Description

This marine species reaches 18 mm in length, its diameter 6.6 mm.

The shell is longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. There is a narrow band at the suture brown, with sometimes a darker band at the suture and another at the base. ^[3]

(Original description in Latin) The shell exhibits a fusiform shape with a prominent, acute apex. The coloration is generally pale corneous-brown, often transitioning to reddish-brown towards the base. Internally, the shell displays a violaceous-whitish hue, with subtle reddish-brown zones near the suture and at the base. The whorls are slightly convex, adorned with longitudinal striations and transverse, plicate costae. The earlier whorls often exhibit signs of erosion. The body whorl is encircled by a series of slightly elevated lines at the base. The suture is characterized by a row of plicate costae. The aperture is oblong with a simple, thin, and acute outer lip. The outer lip exhibits an inciso-sinuate profile below the suture line. The columella is smooth, and the siphonal canal is notably short. ^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs off Japan and Korea.

References

1. Rhodopetoma erosa (Schrenck, 1862) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 March 2010.
2. malacolog.com: Propebela nobilis
3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Schrenck, L. von (1861). "Vorläufige Diagnosen einiger neuer Molluskenarten aus der Meerenge der Tartarei und dem nord-japanischen Meere". Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. 4: 410. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.

External links

• "Rhodopetoma erosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
• Schrenck, L.I. (1867) Mollusken des Amur-Landes und des Nordjapanischen Meeres. Reisen und Forschung im Amur-Landes in den Jahren 1854–1856
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• HABE, Tadashige (1958), The Fauna of Akkeshi Bay : XXV. Gastropoda (With Plates I-V); Publications from the Akkeshi Marine Biological Station, 8: 2-39