Makiyamaia coreanica
| Makiyamaia coreanica | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Makiyamaia coreanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Makiyamaia |
| Species: | M. coreanica
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| Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
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Makiyamaia coreanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
Description[edit]
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 50.9 mm. The whorls are angular and tuberculated in the middle. These tubercles develop from more or less indistinct oblique folds or ribs, everywhere closely encircled by striae. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, the tubercles lighter.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Korea, Japan and Taiwan; also reported from the China seas. .
References[edit]
- ^ a b Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol; VI, p. 237; 1884 (considered a not fully grown specimen of Surcula javana)
- Powell, A.W.B. (1969). The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. . Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 : 215–415, pls 188–324 p. 308
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