Brookula decussata

Brookula decussata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: unassigned
Genus: Brookula
Species: B. decussata
Binomial name
Brookula decussata
(Pelseneer, 1903) [1]
Synonyms
  • Brookula rossiana Dell, 1990
  • Brookula sinusbreidensis Numanami & Okutani, 1991
  • Brookula delli Numanami, 1996
  • Cyclostrema decussatum Pelseneer, 1903 (original combination)

Brookula decussata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

This species is considered sometimes a synonym of Brookula pfefferi Powell, A.W.B., 1951,[3] but B. decussata is somewhat smaller and a has a more definite sculpture with fewer siprals and more axials.[4]

Description

The maximum recorded size of the shell is 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Orkney Islands and off The Antarctic Peninsula.

References

  1. Pelseneer, P. 1903. Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches). Expédition Antartique Belge: Résultats Voyage du S. Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 7: 85 pp., pls. 1-9.
  2. Brookula decussata (Pelseneer, 1903).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  3. Gastropods.com: Brookula pfefferi
  4. Discovery Reports, Antarctic and subantarctic mollusca; v. 26 1954, p. 104

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