Douglassia bealiana

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Douglassia bealiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Douglassia
Species:
D. bealiana
Binomial name
Douglassia bealiana
Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cerodrillia bealiana Turgeon et al., 1988
  • Drillia bealiana(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)

Douglassia bealiana, common name Beal's drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [2]

Contents

This species was renamed Drillia bealiana by E.C. Rios in 1994. [3]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 and 12 mm (0.31 and 0.47 in).[ citation needed ]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to North Brasil at depths between 26 and 91 m (85 and 299 ft).[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Schwengel, J.S. & McGinty, T.L. (1942) Some new and interesting marine shells from northwest Florida. The Nautilus, 56, 13–18, pl. 4.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420299 on 2016-08-23
  3. ↑ Rios, E.C. (1994) Seashells of Brazil. 2nd Edition. Fundaçao Cidade do Rio Grande, Fundaçao Universidade do Rio Grande, Museu Oceanográphico, Rio Grande, RS, XII, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp., 113 pls.

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