Bellaspira hannyae

Bellaspira hannyae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Bellaspira hannyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Bellaspira
Species:
B. hannyae
Binomial name
Bellaspira hannyae
(De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
Synonyms[1]

Cerodrillia hannyae De Jong & Coomans, 1988 (original combination)

Description

The height of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Caribbean Sea off the Netherlands Antilles and Venezuela.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Bellaspira hannyae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871896 on 2016-07-29
  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.
  • Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1–261, 47 pls.


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