Protoelongata thorssoni

Protoelongata thorssoni
Shell of Protoelongata thorssoni (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Protoelongata
Species:
P. thorssoni
Binomial name
Protoelongata thorssoni
(Poppe, Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pusia thorssoni G.T. Poppe, E.G. Guillot de Suduiraut & S.P. Tagaro, 2006
  • Vexillum (Pusia) thorssoni Poppe, E. Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006 ·
  • Vexillum thorssoni Poppe, E. Guillot de Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006

Protoelongata thorssoni is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Poppe G.T., Guillot de Suduiraut E. & Tagaro S.P. (2006) New Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya 1(6): 104–113.
  • Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M.; Ratti, C.; Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R.; Zvonareva, S.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992.