Pyrunculus tokyoensis Habe, 1950

Distribution

Type locality is Tōkyō Bay, central Honshū, Japan. Recorded from Tōkyō Bay, Sagami Bay, and the Seto Inland Sea, on sandy bottoms at depths of 10–60 m (Higo et al., 1999).

Etymology

The specific epithet tokyoensis is a Latinised geographical adjective meaning "of Tokyo," referring to the type locality in Tōkyō Bay.

Remarks

Originally described by a 1950 paper in Ringiculidae and Retusidae in Japan, part of the Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells edited by T. Kuroda and T. Habe.

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References

• Pyrunculus tokyoensis n. sp., Habe T. (1950). Ringiculidae and Retusidae in Japan. Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells.
• Pyrunculus tokyoensis HABE, 1950-a, Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
• トウキョウシリブトカイコガイ Retusa (Pyrunculus) tokyoensis (Habe, 1950), 奥谷喬司. (2000). 日本近海産貝類図鑑. 東海大学出版会.