Cheungbeia kawamurai

Cheungbeia kawamurai
Apertural view of a shell of Cheungbeia kawamurai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Cheungbeia
Species: C. kawamurai
Binomial name
Cheungbeia kawamurai
(Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachytoma kawamurai Habe & Kosuge, 1966 (original combination)
  • Inquisitor kawamurai Chang and Wu 2000
  • Ptychobela kawamurai Springsteen and Leobrera 1986

Cheungbeia kawamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.1 mm, its diameter 13.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Taiwan and off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Cheungbeia kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056322 on 2018-06-02
  • Li B.Q., Kilburn R.N., & Li X.Z. (2010). Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History. 44, 699-740
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Image of Cheungbeia kawamurai; Li, Bao Quan, Kilburn, Richard N. and Li, Xin Zheng(2010) 'Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966(Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas', Journal of Natural History, 44: 11, 699 — 740
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