Makiyamaia coreanica

Makiyamaia coreanica
Apertural view of Makiyamaia coreanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Makiyamaia
Species:	M. coreanica
Binomial name
Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma coreanica Adams & Reeve, 1850

Makiyamaia coreanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 45 mm. The whorls are angular and tuberculated in the middle. These tubercles develop from more or less indistinct oblique folds or ribs, everywhere closely encircled by striae. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, the tubercles lighter. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Korea, Japan and Taiwan. .

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434321 on 4 April 2010.
2. ^ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017. 
3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol; VI, p. 237; 1884 (considered a not fully grown specimen of Surcula javana)

External links

• Gastropods.com: Makiyamaia coreanica; accessed : 24 August 2011