Bellaspira margaritensis
| Bellaspira margaritensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Bellaspira |
| Species: | B. margaritensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970 | |
Bellaspira margaritensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela.
References
- ↑ Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 September 2011.
- ↑ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
External links
- Gastropods.com : Bellaspira margaritensis
- McLean, James H., and Leroy H. Poorman. Reinstatement of the turrid genus Bellaspira Conrad, 1868 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a review of the known species. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1970
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