Saotomea delicata

Saotomea delicata, common name : the delicate volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Saotomea delicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Fulgorariinae
Genus:
Saotomea
Subgenus:
Saotomea
Species:
S. delicata
Binomial name
Saotomea delicata
(Fulton, 1940)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fulgoraria (Saotomea) delicata (Fulton, 1940)
  • Voluta (Fulgoraria) delicata Fulton, 1940 (basionym)

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 55 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the seas along Japan.

References
  1. Saotomea delicata (Fulton, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl
  • Bail P. & Chino M. (2010) The family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954: A revision of the Recent species. A conchological iconography (G.T. Poppe & K. Groh, eds). Hackenheim: Conchbooks
  • "Fulgoraria (Saotomea) delicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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