Bailya sanctorum

Bailya sanctorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Bailya
Species:
B. sanctorum
Binomial name
Bailya sanctorum
Watters, 2009[1]
Synonyms

Bailya (Parabailya) sanctorum Watters, 2009

Bailya sanctorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae,.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off the British Virgin Islands.

References

  • Watters, G.T. (2009). "A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genera Anna, Antillophos, Bailya, Caducifer, Monostiolum, and Parviphos, with description of a new genus, Dianthiphos, and notes on Engina and Hesperisternia Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) and Cumia (Colubrariidae)". The Nautilus. 123 (4): 252.