Bellaspira margaritensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]
| Bellaspira margaritensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Bellaspira |
| Species: | B. margaritensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela.
References edit
- ^ a b Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & L. Poorman, 1970. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 September 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
External links edit
- "Bellaspira margaritensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- McLean, James H., and Leroy H. Poorman. Reinstatement of the turrid genus Bellaspira Conrad, 1868 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a review of the known species. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 1970