Biology:Besla rossiana

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Besla rossiana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Besla
Species:
B. rossiana
Binomial name
Besla rossiana
Laws, 1941[1]

Besla rossiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of twelve known species within the Besla genus of gastropods. The species is one of three species with a binomial name accepted by Laws C. R. in 1941, the other two being Besla vaga and Besla waitangiensis.[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species is known to be distributed throughout marine terrain off the coasts of New Zealand, within the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.

References

  1. Laws C.R. (1941) Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. Nº 8. The pyrgulinid genera and the genus Evalea. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 71: 6-22, pl. 1-2. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Besla rossiana Laws, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599073 on 2012-08-26
  3. Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. Online http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4896313 entry