Ptychobela opisthochetos
Shells of Ptychobela opisthochetos (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Ptychobela
Species:	P. opisthochetos
Binomial name
Ptychobela opisthochetos Kilburn, 1989

Ptychobela opisthochetos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and their allies. ^[1]

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and the Gulf of Oman.

References

• Kilburn, R.N., 1989. Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae). Annals of the Natal Museum 30: 185-196

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Ptychobela opisthochetos

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