Brookula decussata

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Brookula decussata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
unassigned
Genus:
Brookula
Species:
B. decussata
Binomial name
Brookula decussata
(Pelseneer, 1903) [1]
Synonyms
  • Brookula rossianaDell, 1990
  • Brookula sinusbreidensisNumanami & Okutani, 1991
  • Brookula delliNumanami, 1996
  • Cyclostrema decussatumPelseneer, 1903 (original combination)

Brookula decussata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. [2]

Contents

This species is considered sometimes a synonym of Brookula pfefferi Powell, A.W.B., 1951, [3] but B. decussata is somewhat smaller and a has a more definite sculpture with fewer spirals and more axials. [4]

Description

The maximum recorded size of the shell is 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Orkney Islands and off The Antarctic Peninsula.

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References

  1. ↑ Pelseneer, P. 1903. Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches). Expédition Antartique Belge: Résultats Voyage du S. Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 7: 85 pp., pls. 1–9.
  2. ↑ Brookula decussata (Pelseneer, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Brookula pfefferi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Discovery Reports, Antarctic and subantarctic mollusca; v. 26 1954, p. 104


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