Buchema interpleura

Buchema interpleura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Buchema interpleura
Shell of Buchema interpleura (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Buchema
Species:
B. interpleura
Binomial name
Buchema interpleura
(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia interpleura (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
  • Drillia interpleura Dall & Simpson, 1901 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Mexico to Northeast Brazil.

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References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Buchema interpleura. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532471 on 2014-12-13
  2. 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.
  • Dall, William Healey, and Charles Torrey Simpson. The Mollusca of Porto Rico. US Government Printing Office, 1901.


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