Burchia spectabilis

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Burchia spectabilis
Burchia spectabilis from page 53 of "Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology" (1997).jpg
1. shell height 36.9 mm. 2. lateral view 3.radula teeth - scale bar 20μm. (From Sysoev & Taylor) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Burchia
Species:
B. spectabilis
Binomial name
Burchia spectabilis
Sysoev & Taylor, 1997
Burchia spectabilis
Holotype site

Burchia spectabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, [2] first described by Alexander Sysoev and JohnTaylor in 1997. [1]

This marine species occurs off Western Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Alexander V. Sysoev; John D.Taylor (1997). "A new species of crassispirine gastropod from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Crassispirinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology series. 63: 51–53. ISSN   0968-0470. Wikidata   Q113711263.
  2. ↑ Burchia spectabilis Sysoev & Taylor, 1997 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .


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