Pterygia sinensis
Pterygia sinensis is a species of small[5] Pterygia[5][6] sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae,[4][7] the miters or miter snails.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Pterygia |
| Species: | P. sinensis |
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Description
Shell length around 40 mm.[5]
Distribution
This species is seen around Japan[4] (south of Kii Peninsula[5]), Taiwan[4][1] (Tainan, Hsiao Liouciou Island and Penghu) and Mainland China[4][8][9] in West Pacific Ocean.[4]。
Habitat in sand of depth 30–300 m.[5]
References
- K. M. Chang, K. Y. Lai, C. R. Shih & T. C. Lan (1984). 台灣產海貝圖譜. The Pei-Yo (in Chinese). 9. The Malacological Society of Taiwan. pp. 42–69. Retrieved 2018-11-09.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Hsu, C.T. (1975). "台灣海產貝類的調查與研究" [Investigation and Studies of Seashells produced in Taiwan]. 新竹師專學報 (in Chinese).
- K.Y. Lai (1987). 台灣的海螺（第二集） [The Sea-shells-2] (in Chinese). National Taiwan Museum. pp. 116 pp. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
- "国际贝库：中華筆螺" (in Chinese). 台湾贝类资料库. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- "Pterygia sinensis（テラマチイモフデ 寺町芋筆貝）". Bishogai Data Base (in Japanese). 2000-06-21. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- "Pterygia sinensis (Reeve, 1844)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- Robin, Alain; Martin, Jean-Claude (2004). Mitridae Costellariidae. Xenophora. pp. 66+32.
- Tsi, C.Y.; Ma, S.T.; Lou, Z.K.; Zhang, F.R. (1983). 中國動物圖譜：軟體動物 (in Chinese). Volume 2. Beijing, China: Science Press.
- Tsi, C.Y.; Ma, S.T. (1980). A preliminary checklist of the marine Gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. pp. 431–458.
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