Bellaspira amplicostata

Bellaspira amplicostata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Bellaspira
Species:
B. amplicostata
Binomial name
Bellaspira amplicostata
Fallon, 2016

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 9 mm.

Bellaspira amplicostata is a predator, and has a benthos functional group.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Quintana Roo, Yucátan Peninsula, Mexico

References

  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2016). Bellaspira amplicostata Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871893 on 2016-07-27
  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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