Buchema liella

Species of gastropod

Buchema liella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Buchema
Species:
B. liella
Binomial name
Buchema liella
(Corea, 1934)
Synonyms[1]

Carinodrillia (Buchema) liella Corea, 1934

Buchema liella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was formerly included within the family Turridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and North Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b Buchema liella (Corea, 1934). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Corea, Lois Fleming. "New marine mollusks (with three plates)." (1934).
  • Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
Taxon identifiers
Buchema liella


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