Phyllocoma speciosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Subspecies Phyllocoma speciosa eburnea (Petterd, 1884) Phyllocoma speciosa speciosa (Angas, 1871)Gastropods.com : Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa speciosa accessed : 26 November 2010 Phyllocoma speciosa virginalis (Suter, 1913)Gastropods.com : Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa virginalis; accessed : 26 November 2010
Description
The shell size is between 12 mm and 20 mm. Distribution This species occurs in Australian waters along Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and along New Zealand.
References
External links Adams A. (1864 ["1863"]). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863): 506–509 Angas G.F. (1871) Description of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871: 13–21, pl. 1