Cheungbeia kawamurai

Cheungbeia kawamurai
Apertural view of a shell of Cheungbeia kawamurai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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 – 41 mm, its diameter 13.7 mm. Sculpture consists of strong spiral cords with fine spiral striae in between, crossed by about 11 thick axial ribs on the body whorl. The colour of the shell is brown but the spiral cords and axial ribs are white.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Taiwan and off the Philippines and is considered rare.

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 2 June 2018
  2. ↑ Swennen, C.; Moolenbeek, R. G.; Ruttanadakul, N.; Hobbelink, H.; Dekker, H.; Hajisamae, S. (2001). The Molluscs of the Southern Gulf of Thailand. Vol. Thai Studies in Biodiversity No. 4. p. 134. ISBN 9789747360615.
  • Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966a, Shells of the world in colour, Vol. I. The tropical Pacific. vii, (2 pp. map], 193 pp., pis. 1–68, supplemental pis. 1–2; Hoikusha, Osaka
  • 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