Buchema tainoa
| Buchema tainoa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Buchema |
| Species: | B. tainoa
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| Binomial name | |
| Buchema tainoa (Corea, 1934)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Carinodrillia (Buchema) tainoa Corea, 1934 (original combination) | |
Buchema tainoa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
It was formerly included within the family Turridae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.2 mm, its diameter 5.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Buchema tainoa (Corea, 1934). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596474 on 2017-01-04
- Corea, Lois Fleming. "New marine mollusks (with three plates)." (1934)
- Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls
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