Bouchetispira vitrea
| Bouchetispira vitrea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Bouchetispiridae |
| Genus: | Bouchetispira |
| Species: | B. vitrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012 | |
Bouchetispira vitrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bouchetispiridae.[1]
Distribution
The species was found on an isolated sea mount off New Caledonia, and is probably the sole survivor of a larger clade.[2]
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606013 on 2016-04-11
- ↑ Kantor Y.I., Strong E.E. & Puillandre N. (2012) A new lineage of Conoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) revealed by morphological and molecular data. Journal of Molluscan Studies 78: 246–255
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