Bellaspira pentagonalis
| Bellaspira pentagonalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Bellaspira |
| Species: | B. pentagonalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bellaspira pentagonalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1] [2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from North Carolina to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico along Western Florida and in the Caribbean Sea along Aruba.
References
- 1 2 Bellaspira pentagonalis (Dall, 1889). 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.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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