''Tosapusia evelyniana'' 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
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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 Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family ...
, the ribbed miters.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia evelyniana'' (Huang, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991918 on 2018-12-31]
Description
The holotype of the species (MNHN IM-2000-20641), measured .
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Madagascar and the
Philippines (
Bohol, off
Balicasag Island
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References
* Huang S.I
hih-I (2017). Nine new species and one new name of the family Costellariidae from Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Visaya. 4(6): 49–70.
* Guillot de Suduiraut E. (2007) Description of three new species of Costellariidae from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Visaya 2(2): 96-100
Costellariidae
Gastropods described in 2017
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