Ptychobela minimarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Ptychobela minimarus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Ptychobela
Species:
P. minimarus
Binomial name
Ptychobela minimarus
(Kosuge, 1993)
Synonyms[1]

Inquisitor minimarus Kosuge, 1993 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 14.3 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia; also found off Hainan Island, China.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Ptychobela minimarus (Kosuge, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056671 on 2018-09-20
  • Kosuge, S. 1993. Report on the family Turridae collected along the northwestern coast of Australia. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 6 3: 10-15
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Baoquan Li 李宝泉 & R.N. Kilburn, Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas; Journal of Natural History 44(11):699-740 · March 2010; DOI: 10.1080/00222930903470086