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

  1. Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 September 2011.
  2. 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.

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