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]

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.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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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