Ptychobela baynhami is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
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| Shell of Ptychobela baynhami (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Ptychobela |
| Species: | P. baynhami
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| Ptychobela baynhami (Smith E. A., 1891)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 29 mm, its diameter 9 mm.
Like Ptychobela suturalis (Gray, 1838), this fusiform, turreted species has a raised fillet at the suture. But it may be distinguished by its shorter body whorl, its more pronounced ribs, and the difference of colour. The shell contains 12 whorls; the first two are smooth and globose. The subsequent whorls are concave above the middle and convex below. The ribs (in the penultimate whorl 9–10) become obsolete a little above the middle of the whorls where the concavity commences, and, being traversed by a distinct tenuous white spiral thread, have a somewhat angulated appearance. The aperture measures 2/5th of the total length. The inner part of the aperture is livid. The columella is slightly arcuate and has a minute callus.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aden and Somalia
References edit
- ^ a b Ptychobela baynhami (Smith E. A., 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ Smith E.A. (1891). On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with some remarks upon the relationship of the molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1891): 390–436, pl. 33
- Abrard (R.), 1941 Mollusques pleistocènes de la Côte française des Somalis, recueillis par E. Aubert de la Rüe. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, sér. 6, t. 18, pp. 5–105
External links edit
- 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 baynhami