Biology:Brookula bohni

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Brookula bohni
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B. bohni
Binomial name
Brookula bohni
Schwabe & Engl, 2008[1]

Brookula bohni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.95 mm and 1.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Shetland Islands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, found at depths between 3683 m and 3959 m

References

  • Schwabe E. & Engl W. (2008). Description of two new deep-water species of the genus Brookula Iredale, 1912 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea), with a revision of the genus for the Subantarctic and Arctic Sector of the Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 1866: 187–204
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp

Wikidata ☰ Q4975158 entry