Biology:Bruceiella pruinosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bruceiella pruinosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Bruceiella
Species:
B. pruinosa
Binomial name
Bruceiella pruinosa
B. A. Marshall, 1994

Bruceiella pruinosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm, its diameter 1.4 m.

Distribution

This marine species was found off North Island, New Zealand, at a depth of 900 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bruceiella pruinosa B. A. Marshall, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598289 on 2012-09-01
  • Marshall, B.A. 1994: Deep-sea gastropods from the New Zealand region associated with Recent whale bones and an Eocene turtle. The Nautilus 108: 1-8 (p. 5)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3740194 entry