Belaturricula ergata

Belaturricula ergata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Belaturricula
Species:
B. ergata
Binomial name
Belaturricula ergata
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms[1]

Pontiothauma ergata Hedley, 1916

Belaturricula ergata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 32 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Antarctic waters of the Scotia Sea, and the Weddell Sea.[2]

References

  • Hedley, C., 1916. Mollusca. Australian Antarctic Expedition, Ser. C, Zoology and Botany, 4 (1): 1-80.
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.[link removed]
  • Kantor, Yuri I., Myroslaw G. Harasewych, and Nicolas Puillandre. "A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda)." Molluscan Research 36.3 (2016): 153–206.