Douglassia bealiana

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

Douglassia bealiana
Scientific classification
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)

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to North Brasil at depths between 26 m and 91 m.

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. 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.
  • "Douglassia bealiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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