Bouchetispira
| Bouchetispira vitrea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Bouchetispiridae Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012[1] |
| Genus: | Bouchetispira Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012[1] |
| Species: | B. vitrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012[1] | |
Bouchetispira vitrea is a species of sea snail.[2] It is the only member of the genus Bouchetispira (the genus is thus monotypic), and the genus Bouchetispira is in turn the only genus in the family Bouchetispiridae (a monotypic family).[1] The scientific name of the family and the generic name is in honour of Philippe Bouchet, the French taxonomist and malacologist.[1]
Description
Bouchetispira vitrea has a thin, translucent shell up to 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, with orthocline ribs.[1] The specific name vitrea is from the Latin word vitrum, which means "glass", referring to the translucent appearance of the shell.[1]
Distribution
The species was found on an isolated seamount off New Caledonia, and is probably the sole survivor of a larger clade.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Yuri I. Kantor, Ellen E. Strong & Nicolas Puillandre (2012). "A new lineage of Conoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) revealed by morphological and molecular data". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78 (3): 246–255. doi:10.1093/mollus/eys007.
- ↑ P. Bouchet (2015). "Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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