Protoelongata heleneae
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| Shell of Protoelongata heleneae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Protoelongata |
| Species: | P. heleneae
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| Binomial name | |
| Protoelongata heleneae (Herrmann, Stossier & Salisbury, 2014)
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Protoelongata heleneae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Guam.
References[edit]
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Protoelongata heleneae (Herrmann, Stossier & Salisbury, 2014). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957090 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
- Herrmann M., Stossier G. & Salisbury R.A. (2014) A new subgenus including three new species of the genus Vexillum (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the central Indo-Pacific with remarks on Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum (Anton, 1838). Contributions to Natural History 24: 1–55