Bellaspira amplicostata

Bellaspira amplicostata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. 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 .

• Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363.

External links

• "Bellaspira amplicostata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.