''Tosapusia sauternesensis'' is a

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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 ...

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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 sauternesensis'' (Guillot de Suduiraut, 1997). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957064 on 2018-12-31

Description

The length of the shell attains 43.7 mm.

Holotype and type locality

The holotype of the species (MNHN IM-2000-30178), measured 42.2 mm. Type Locality :

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Hilutangan Channel Hilutangan Channel (or Gilutungan Channel) is a deep water channel that separates Mactan Island from Olango Island. ThMactan Reef Flatlies on the port (left) side of this channel and thOlango Reef Flatlies on the starboard (right) side of this c ...

between

Mactan Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of Lapu-Lapu and the municipality of Cordova. The island is sep ...

and

Olango Island Group The Olango Island Group is a group of islands found in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It comprises Olango island and 6 satellite islets namely: Caubian, Camungi, Caohagan, Gilutongan, Nalusuan, Pangan-an, and Sulpa. The island gr ...

, 160 m.

References

External links

Guillot de Suduiraut, E. (1997). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Costellariidae des Philippines. Apex. 12(4): 117-119
Costellariidae Gastropods described in 1997 {{Costellariidae-stub