:Saotomea delicata

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| name = Saotomea delicata

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

| superfamilia = Muricoidea

| familia = Volutidae

| subfamilia = Fulgorariinae

| genus = Saotomea

| subgenus = Saotomea

| species = S. delicata

| binomial = Saotomea delicata

| binomial_authority = (Fulton, 1940)

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| synonyms =

  • Fulgoraria (Saotomea) delicata (Fulton, 1940)
  • Voluta (Fulgoraria) delicata Fulton, 1940 (basionym)

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Saotomea delicata, common name : the delicate volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|384619|Saotomea delicata (Fulton, 1940)||25 November 2010}}

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 55 mm

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the seas along Japan.

References

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  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl
  • Bail P. & Chino M. (2010) The family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954: A revision of the Recent species. A conchological iconography (G.T. Poppe & K. Groh, eds). Hackenheim: Conchbooks