Bellaspira rigida
| Bellaspira rigida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Bellaspira |
| Species: | B. rigida |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bellaspira rigida 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 9 mm and 12 mm. The shell is pale yellowish or almost white, with distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs. [3]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Atlantic coast of Spain, Madeira and the Canaries.
References
- 1 2 Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 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.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 243; 1884 (described as Mangilia vauquelini)
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