Biplex pulchella

Biplex pulchella
Shell of Biplex pulchella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Ranellinae
Genus: Biplex
Species: B. pulchella
Binomial name
Biplex pulchella
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gyrineum jucundum Adams, A., 1853
  • Ranella jucunda A. Adams, 1854
  • Ranella pulchella Forbes, 1852
  • Ranella pulchella G.B. Sowerby I, 1825 (original combination)

Biplex pulchella, common name the tiny winged frog shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Indonesia to Northeast Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Biplex pulchella (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). WoRMS (2010). Biplex pulchella (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476436 on 27 June 2010.

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