:Saotomea delicata
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{{Taxobox
| name = Saotomea delicata
| image =
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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)
| 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
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=920|title=Fulgoraria (Saotomea) delicata|access-date=25 November 2010}}
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