Amaea gazeoides

Amaea gazeoides
Shell of Amaea gazeoides (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Amaea
Species:
A. gazeoides
Binomial name
Amaea gazeoides
Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961

Amaea gazeoides is an extinct species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 26 mm. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; in the East China Sea and Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Amaea gazeoides Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961. 8 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Conchology.be: Amaea gazeoides
  • Habe, T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Osaka: Hoikusha. p. 11.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. pp. 1–1267.
  • Nakayama, T. (2003). "A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)". Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6: 18.