Brachytoma tuberosa

Brachytoma tuberosa
Shells of Brachytoma tuberosa (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Brachytoma
Species: B. tuberosa
Binomial name
Brachytoma tuberosa
(Smith E. A., 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875)
  • Inquisitor tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875)
  • Pleurotoma tuberosa Smith E. A., 1875

Brachytoma tuberosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in China seas and off Japan and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Brachytoma tuberosa (Smith E. A., 1875).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Gastropods.com: Brachytoma tuberosa
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Inquisitor tuberosa (Smith, 1875) in Lai K (2017). The National Checklist of Taiwan. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)


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