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)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 55 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the seas along Japan.

References

  • 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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