Buchema primula

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Buchema primula
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Shell of Buchema primula (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Buchema
Species:
B. primula
Binomial name
Buchema primula
(J.C. Melvill, 1923)
Synonyms [1]

Drillia primulaMelvill, 1923 (original combination)

Contents

Buchema primula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm. (Original description) The small, compact shell has a gradately fusiform shape. It contains 8 whorls, of which the uppermost two are nuclear, smooth, white, globular. The remainderare plicately ridged spirally at the sutures, and, below these, angularly sloping and closely longitudinally ribbed. The ribs are crossed, as regards the upper whorls, by two, the body whorl by four or five spiral incrassate revolving lines. These are gemmulate, white, and shining at the points of junction with the ribs. The interstices are oblong. The shell has a pale primrose hue, very delicate in colour. The aperture is small and oval. The outer lip is slightly angled centrally and thickened. The columellar margin is almost straight. The sinus is very obscure. The siphonal canal is abbreviate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buchema primula (Melvill, 1923). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532472 on 2017-01-14
  2. ↑ J.C. Melvill, New Species of Turridae; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v. 14-15 (1923)
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