Brookula bohni
| Brookula bohni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | unassigned |
| Genus: | Brookula |
| Species: | B. bohni |
| Binomial name | |
| Brookula bohni Schwabe & Engl, 2008[1] | |
Brookula bohni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.95 mm and 1.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Shetland Islands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, found at depths between 3683 m and 3959 m
References
- ↑ Schwabe & Engl (2008). Zootaxa 1866 : 187-204. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Brookula bohni Schwabe & Engl, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Schwabe E. & Engl W. (2008). Description of two new deep-water species of the genus Brookula Iredale, 1912 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea), with a revision of the genus for the Subantarctic and Arctic Sector of the Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 1866: 187-204
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
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