Bellaspira melea

Bellaspira melea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Bellaspira
Species: B. melea
Binomial name
Bellaspira melea
Dall, 1919
Synonyms

Cymatosyrinx melea Dall, 1919

Bellaspira melea 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 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Panama.

References

  1. ^ Bellaspira melea Dall, 1919.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433130 on 4 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. 

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