Protoelongata loyaltyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). Protoelongata loyaltyensis (Hervier, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957091 on 2018-12-31Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
Description
The length of the shell attains 13 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Lifou, Loyalty Islands.
References
External links Hervier, J. "Descriptions d'especes nouvelles de mollusques, provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie (suite)." Journ. de Conchyl. 46 (1897): 3a. WMSDB: image