Paramontana exilis

Paramontana exilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Paramontana exilis
Image of a shell of Paramontana exilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Paramontana
Species:
P. exilis
Binomial name
Paramontana exilis
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella exilis Pease, 1860 (original combination)
  • Drillia exilis Pease, 1867
  • Drillia pusilla Garrett, A. 1873
  • Iredalea exilis (Pease, 1860)
  • Paramontana exilis (Pease, 1868)
  • Pseudodaphnella exilis Pease 1860

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

The whorls are nearly plane and longitudinally plicately ribbed. The ribs are small and close, descending from the sutures. The aperture is very short. The siphonal canal is short and open. The shell is reddish chestnut, the ribs whitish, with a dark band below the middle of the body whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, Hawaii, Coral Sea, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Paramontana exilis (Pease, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434580 on 2019-08-06
  2. 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.
  • Pease, W.H. 1867. Description of marine gasteropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 3(3): 211–222 pl. 15
  • Kilburn, R.N. 1988. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4 Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(1): 167-320
  • Garrett, A. 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1873: 209-231, pls 2-3
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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