Brookula spinulata

Brookula spinulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: unassigned
Genus: Brookula
Species: B. spinulata
Binomial name
Brookula spinulata
Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta, 2001[1]
Synonyms

Benthobrookula spinulata Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta, 2001

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

Description

The maximum recorded size of the shell is 1.54 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at a depth of 775 m.

References

  1. Absalao, R. S., C. Miyaji and A. D. Pimenta. 2001. The genus Brookula Iredale, 1912 (Gastropoda, Trochidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, with notes on other South American species. Zoosystema 23: 675-687
  2. Brookula spinulata Absalao, Miyaji & Pimenta, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

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