Protoelongata loyaltyensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Protoelongata
Species:
P. loyaltyensis
Binomial name
Protoelongata loyaltyensis
(Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Pusia) loyaltyensis Hervier, 1897
  • Vexillum (Protoelongata) loyaltyense (Hervier, 1897)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) loyaltyense (Hervier, 1897)
  • Vexillum loyaltyense (Hervier, 1897)

Protoelongata loyaltyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Lifou, Loyalty Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Protoelongata loyaltyensis (Hervier, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957091 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.


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