Burchia spectabilis

Burchia spectabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Burchia spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Burchia
Species:
B. spectabilis
Binomial name
Burchia spectabilis
Sysoev & Taylor, 1997

Description

The length of the shell attains 36.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia.

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References

  • Sysoev, A.V. & Taylor, J.D. (1997) A new species of crassispirine gastropod from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Crassispirinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London, Zoology, 63, 51–53
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Burchia spectabilis, holotype in the Western Australian Museum
  • Burchia spectabilis: photos


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