Saotomea delicata

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

  1. 1 2 Saotomea delicata (Fulton, 1940).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.

External links

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