Bruceina cognata
Bruceina cognata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Bruceina cognata | |
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Shell of Bruceina cognata (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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Subfamily: | Thysanodontinae |
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Species: | B. cognata |
Binomial name | |
Bruceina cognata (Marshall, 1988) | |
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Herbertina cognata B. A. Marshall, 1988 |
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa at depths between 85 m and 140 m.
References
- Bruceina cognata (Marshall, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 August 2013.
- Marshall, B. A. (1988). Thysanodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Gastropoda). The Journal of Molluscan Studies. 54 (2): 215–229
- Özdikmen H. (2013) Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. Munis Entomology & Zoology 8(1): 252–256
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