Buchema interpleura

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

Buchema interpleura
Shell of Buchema interpleura (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Buchema
Species:
B. interpleura
Binomial name
Buchema interpleura
(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathrodrillia interpleura (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
  • Drillia interpleura Dall & Simpson, 1901 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Mexico to Northeast Brazil.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Buchema interpleura. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532471 on 2014-12-13
  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.
  • Dall, William Healey, and Charles Torrey Simpson. The Mollusca of Porto Rico. US Government Printing Office, 1901.


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