Tropaeas subulata explained

Tropaeas subulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Description

The whitish, somewhat shining shell is smooth and pellucid. The length of the shell is 9.5 mm. Its apex is mucronate. The whorls of the teleoconch are plano-convex, strongly longitudinally costate, and with punctate interstices. The columella is uniplicate in the middle. The aperture is produced and subchanneled below. The shell is umbilicated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off the Philippines and off Japan.

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Notes and References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Tropaeas subulata (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588567 on 2012-01-12
  2. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 310; 1886