Cheungbeia kawamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and alliesMolluscaBase (2018). Cheungbeia kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056322 on 2 June 2018
Description The length of the shell attains 37 – 41 mm, its diameter 13.7 mm. Sculpture consists of strong spiral cords with fine spiral striae in between, crossed by about 11 thick axial ribs on the body whorl. The colour of the shell is brown but the spiral cords and axial ribs are white.
Distribution This species occurs off Taiwan and off the Philippines and is considered rare.
References
Habe, T. & S. Kosuge, 1966a, Shells of the world in colour, Vol. I. The tropical Pacific. vii, (2 pp. map], 193 pp., pis. 1–68, supplemental pis. 1–2; Hoikusha, Osaka Li B.Q., Kilburn R.N., & Li X.Z. (2010). Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History. 44, 699–740
External links
Image of Cheungbeia kawamurai; Li, Bao Quan, Kilburn, Richard N. and Li, Xin Zheng(2010) 'Report on Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966(Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae) from the China Seas', Journal of Natural History, 44: 11, 699–740