Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Phenatoma rosea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Higher classification Phenatoma | |
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Phenatoma rosea, or the pink tower shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 34 mm; its width is 11 mm. The shell is spirally sulcate and longitudinally striate0 The suture is slightly impressed, marginate and subcrenulate. The; sinus is rather broad and shallow. It has a rose-ash color, purple-rose within the aperture.
Distribution
This marine species occurs is endemic to New Zealand and Tasmania
References
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