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Protoelongata loyaltyensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Protoelongata
Species:	P. loyaltyensis
Binomial name
Protoelongata loyaltyensis (Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms
Mitra (Pusia) loyaltyensis Hervier, 1897 Vexillum (Protoelongata) loyaltyense (Hervier, 1897) Vexillum (Pusia) loyaltyense (Hervier, 1897) Vexillum loyaltyense (Hervier, 1897)

Protoelongata loyaltyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Lifou, Loyalty Islands.

References

1. ^ 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 2018-12-31
2. Fedosov 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.

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.
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