Phyllocoma speciosa

Phyllocoma speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Phyllocoma
Species:
P. speciosa
Binomial name
Phyllocoma speciosa
(Angas, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Galfridus speciosus (Angas, 1871)
  • Galfridus speciosus speciosus (Angas, 1871)
  • Murex scalarinus A. Adams, 1864
  • Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa (Angas, 1871)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa speciosa (Angas, 1871)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Triton (Cumia) speciosus Angas, 1871 (basionym)
  • Triton speciosus Angas, 1871 (original combination)

Phyllocoma speciosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Subspecies

  • Phyllocoma speciosa eburnea (Petterd, 1884)[2]
  • Phyllocoma speciosa speciosa (Angas, 1871)[3]
  • Phyllocoma speciosa virginalis (Suter, 1913)[4]

Description

The shell size is between 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Australian waters along Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and along New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa (Angas, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Phyllocoma (Galfridus) eburnea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Gastropods.com : Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa speciosa accessed : 26 November 2010
  4. ↑ Gastropods.com : Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa virginalis; accessed : 26 November 2010
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