Bruceina chenoderma

Bruceina chenoderma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]

Bruceina chenoderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Bruceina
Species:
B. chenoderma
Binomial name
Bruceina chenoderma
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bruceina hayesi (Herbert, 1995)
  • Calliotropis chenoderma Barnard, 1963
  • Herbertina hayesi Herbert, 1995

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.[1]

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Bruceina chenoderma (Barnard, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865123 on 2018-12-28
  2. Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98.
  • Özdikmen H. (2013) Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. Munis Entomology & Zoology 8(1): 252-256


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