Bouchetispira vitrea

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Bouchetispira vitrea
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Shells of Bouchetispira vitrea (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Bouchetispiridae
Genus:
Bouchetispira
Species:
B. vitrea
Binomial name
Bouchetispira vitrea
Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012[1]

Bouchetispira vitrea is a species of sea snail.[2]

Description[]

Bouchetispira vitrea has a thin, translucent shell up to 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, with orthocline ribs.[1] The specific name vitrea is from the Latin word vitrum, which means "glass", referring to the translucent appearance of the shell.[1]

Distribution[]

The species was found on an isolated seamount off New Caledonia, and is probably a survivor of a larger clade.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Yuri I. Kantor; Ellen E. Strong & Nicolas Puillandre (2012). "A new lineage of Conoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) revealed by morphological and molecular data". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78 (3): 246–255. doi:10.1093/mollus/eys007.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet (2015). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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