Cheungbeia robusta

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Cheungbeia robusta
File:Cheungbeia robusta 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Cheungbeia robusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Cheungbeia
Species:
C. robusta
Binomial name
Cheungbeia robusta
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula robusta Hinds, 1843
  • Drillia robusta (Hinds, 1843)

Cheungbeia robusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

The whorls of the yellowish white shell are strongly turreted. The spire is exserted. The periphery is angulated and nodulous, with fine revolving striae. The large sinus is produced.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the South China Sea..

References

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  • Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Leung KF. & Morton B. (2000). The 1998 resurvey of the subtidal molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong, six years after dredging began and three since it ended.In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Marine Biological Workshop: Morton B, editor. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China V. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 553–617.
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