Burchia spectabilis
| Burchia spectabilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Burchia |
| Species: | B. spectabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Burchia spectabilis Sysoev & Taylor, 1997
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Burchia spectabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 36.9 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off Western Australia.
References[]
- ^ a b Burchia spectabilis Sysoev & Taylor, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Sysoev, A.V. & Taylor, J.D. (1997) A new species of crassispirine gastropod from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Crassispirinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London, Zoology, 63, 51–53
External links[]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Burchia spectabilis, holotype in the Western Australian Museum
- Burchia spectabilis: photos
Categories:
- Burchia
- Gastropods described in 1997
- Gastropods of Australia
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs