Brookula megaumbilicata

Brookula megaumbilicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: unassigned
Genus: Brookula
Species: B. megaumbilicata
Binomial name
Brookula megaumbilicata
Absalao & Pimenta, 2005[1]
Synonyms

Benthobrookula megaumbilicata Absalao & Pimenta, 2005

Brookula megaumbilicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded size of the shell is 1.54 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 1195 m and 1222 m.

References

  1. Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. (2005). New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda, Trochidae). The Veliger 47(3): 193-201.
  2. Brookula megaumbilicata Absalao & Pimenta, 2005.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

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