''Pulsarella komakimonos'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

.WoRMS (2015). Pulsarella komakimonos. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434829 on 2016-03-23

Description

This species has a superficial resemblance to '' Tomopleura oscitans'' Kilburn, 1986 Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 27.2 (1986): 633-720.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

* Otuka, Yanosuke (1935) "The Oti Graben in Southern Noto Peninsula, Japan.(Part 3)." Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo Imperial University, vol. 13, pt. 4, pp. 846–909, pls. 53–57

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pulsarella Komakimonos komakimonos Gastropods described in 1935