| Tropaeas subulata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Tropaeas subulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Tropaeas |
| Species: | T. subulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropaeas subulata (A. Adams, 1853) | |
Tropaeas subulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off the Philippines and off Japan.
References
- 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
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 310; 1886
External links
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| Tropaeas subulata | |