Brachytoma tuberosa

Brachytoma tuberosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Brachytoma tuberosa
Shells of Brachytoma tuberosa (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Brachytoma
Species:	B. tuberosa
Binomial name
Brachytoma tuberosa (Smith E. A., 1875)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875) Inquisitor tuberosa (E.A. Smith, 1875) Pleurotoma tuberosa Smith E. A., 1875

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in China seas and off Japan and the Philippines.

References

1. Brachytoma tuberosa (Smith E. A., 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• "Brachytoma tuberosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Inquisitor tuberosa (Smith, 1875) in Lai K (2017). The National Checklist of Taiwan. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)