Rhodopetoma erosa
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Rhodopetoma erosa

Rhodopetoma erosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Rhodopetoma erosa auct. non Schrenk, 1867 is a synonym of Propebela nobilis (Möller, 1842)

Appearance

This marine species reaches 18 mm in length, its diameter 6.6 mm.

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The shell is longitudinally ribbed and spirally striated. There is a narrow band at the suture brown, with sometimes a darker band at thesuture and another at the base.

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Distribution

Geography

This species occurs off Japan and Korea.

References

1. Rhodopetoma erosa Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodopetoma_erosa

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