Ptychobela is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Species
Species within the genus Ptychobela include:
- Ptychobela baynhami <small>(Smith E. A., 1891)</small>
- Ptychobela dancei <small>Kilburn & Dekker, 2008</small>
- Ptychobela griffithii <small>(Gray, 1834)</small>
- Ptychobela lanceolata <small>(Reeve, 1845)</small>
- Ptychobela lavinia <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>
- Ptychobela minimarus <small>(Kosuge, 1993)</small>
- Ptychobela nodulosa <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Ptychobela opisthochetos <small>Kilburn, 1989</small>
- Ptychobela resticula <small>Li B. Q., Kilburn & Li X. Z., 2010</small>
- Ptychobela salebra <small>Li & Li, 2007</small>
- Ptychobela schoedei <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Ptychobela sumatrensis <small>(Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)</small>
- Ptychobela superba <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Ptychobela suturalis <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>
- Ptychobela vexillium <small>(Habe & Kosuge, 1966)</small>
- Ptychobela zebra <small>Chang, C.K. & W.L. Wu, 2000</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Ptychobela crenularis <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>: synonym of Ptychobela nodulosa <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Ptychobela flavidula <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Clathrodrillia flavidula <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Ptychobela kawamurai <small>(Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966)</small>: synonym of Cheungbeia kawamurai <small>(Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966)</small>
- Ptychobela pseudoprincipalis <small>Yokoyama, 1920</small> : synonym of Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis <small>(Yokoyama, 1920)</small>
- Ptychobela subochracea <small>Springsteen and Leobrera 1986</small>: synonym of Aguilaria subochracea <small>(Smith, 1877)</small>
- Ptychobela takeokaensis <small>(Otuka, 1949)</small>: synonym of Crassispira takeokensis <small>(Otuka, 1949)</small>
References
- Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II. Teil. pp. in Chun, C. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Damfper "Valdivia" 1898âÂÂ1899. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 17(2) 348 pp., 34 pls.
- Kilburn, R. N., 1989 [November], Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 30: 185âÂÂ196.
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