Paramontana blanfordi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Paramontana blanfordi | |
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| Original image of a shell of Paramontana blanfordi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Paramontana |
| Species: | P. blanfordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Paramontana blanfordi (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella blanfordi G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
(Original description) The cylindrically ovate shell is elongate. The sutures are rather indistinct. The apex is sharp and pointed, a beautiful deep mauve colour throughout. The shell contains 7 to 8 whorls, longitudinally and transversely ribbed. The ribs are ery prominent, of equal thickness, forming granules at the points of intersection. Towards the base of the body whorl an excavated furrow appears. The columella is short and twisted. The aperture is moderately wide, contorted, with a rather large sinus. The outer lip is thickened with two or three granules just within the aperture.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Eritrea.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Paramontana blanfordi (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596295 Archived 3 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-08-06
- ^ "Nevill G. & Nevill H. (1875) Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 44(2): 83–104, pls. 7–8". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Kilburn, R. N. (2009). Genus Kermia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae: Raphitominae) in South African Waters, with Observations on the Identities of Related Extralimital Species. African Invertebrates. 50(2): 217-236
- Gastropods.com: Paramontana blanfordi
- MNHN, Paris: syntype