Belaturricula turrita
| Belaturricula gaini | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Belaturricula |
| Species: | B. gaini |
| Binomial name | |
| Belaturricula gaini (Strebel, 1908) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Bela turrita Strebel, 1908 | |
Belaturricula turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
There are two subspecies :
- Belaturricula turrita multispiralis Dell, 1990
- Belaturricula turrita turrita (Strebel, 1908): represented as Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Antarctic waters of the Scotia Sea and off the South Shetlands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
References
- 1 2 Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- Strebel, H., 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Süd-polar-Expedition 1901-1903, 6 (1):1-111, 6 pls.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
External links
- Antarctic Invertebrates : Belaturricula turrita; accessed : 13 August 2011
- Schiaparelli, Stefano, Anne-Nina Lörz, and Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti. "Diversity and distribution of mollusc assemblages on the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica." Antarctic Science 18.04 (2006): 615-631
- Gastropods.com: Belaturricula turrita turrita
- Gastropods.com: Belaturricula turrita multispiralis
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