Brookula decussata
| Brookula decussata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Brookula |
| Species: | B. decussata |
| Binomial name | |
| Brookula decussata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Brookula decussata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned to the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]
This species is considered sometimes a synonym of Brookula pfefferi Powell, A.W.B., 1951,[3] but B. decussata is somewhat smaller and a has a more definite sculpture with fewer spirals and more axials.[4]
Description
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The maximum recorded size of the shell is 2.5 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the South Orkney Islands and off The Antarctic Peninsula.
References
[edit]- ↑ Pelseneer, P. 1903. Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches). Expédition Antartique Belge: Résultats Voyage du S. Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 7: 85 pp., pls. 1–9.
- ↑ Brookula decussata (Pelseneer, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ "Brookula pfefferi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ↑ Discovery Reports, Antarctic and subantarctic mollusca; v. 26 1954, p. 104
- Powell, A. W. B. 1951. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports 26: 47–196, pls. 5–10
- Dell, R. K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca, with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27: iv + 311 pp
- Numanami, H. and T. Okutani. 1991. A new species of the genus Brookula collected by the icebreaker Shirase from Breid Bay, Antarctica (Gastropoda: Cyclostrematidae). Venus 50: 37–42.
- Numanami, H. 1996. Taxonomic study on Antarctic gastropods collected by Japanese Antarctic research expeditions. Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research (E)39: [v] + 244 pp.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.