Saotomea pratasensis

Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis
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. pratasensis
Binomial name
Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis
Lan, 1997
Synonyms[1]
  • Fulgoraria (Saotomea) isabelae Bondarev & Bail, 1999
  • Fulgoraria (Saotomea) pratasensis Lan, 1997
  • Saotomea pratasensis Lan, 1997 (basionym)

Description

The shell size is 45 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the East China Sea.

References
  1. Saotomea (Saotomea) pratasensis Lan, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 November 2010.
  • 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) pratasensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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