Gymnobela muricata

Gymnobela muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Gymnobela muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Gymnobela
Species:
G. muricata
Binomial name
Gymnobela muricata
Sysoev, 1997

Description

The length of the shell attains 69.1 mm, its diameter 25.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia and in the Arafura Sea, at depths between 836 m - 891 m.

References

  1. Gymnobela muricata Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Sysoev, Alexander (1997). Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (eds.). "Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia" (PDF). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 16 (172): 325–355. ISBN 2-85653-506-2. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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