Phenatoma rosea

Phenatoma rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Phenatoma
Species: P. rosea
Binomial name
Phenatoma rosea
(Quoy & Gaimard), 1833
  • synonyms_ref = [2]
Synonyms

Pleurotoma rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Phenatoma rosea, or the pink tower shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along New Zealand.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434595 on 14 August 2011

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