Buchema tainoa
Species of gastropod
Buchema tainoa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Buchema |
Species: | B. tainoa |
Binomial name | |
Buchema tainoa (Corea, 1934) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
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