Bellaspira rigida

Bellaspira rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Bellaspira
Species: B. rigida
Binomial name
Bellaspira rigida
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haedropleura septangularis septangularis rigida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia rigida Reeve, 1846
  • Mangilia vauquelini Payraudeau

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm. The shell is pale yellowish or almost white, with distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs. [3]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Atlantic coast of Spain, Madeira and the Canaries.

References

  1. ^ a b Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433131 on 5 September 2011.
  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. 
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 243; 1884 (described as Mangilia vauquelini)