Saotomea delicata, the delicate volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 55 mm. Distribution This species is distributed in the seas along Japan.
References
Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl Bail P. & Chino M. (2010) The family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954: A revision of the Recent species. A conchological iconography (G.T. Poppe & K. Groh, eds). Hackenheim: Conchbooks
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