Brookula strebeli

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Brookula strebeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Brookula strebeli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Brookula
Species:
B. strebeli
Binomial name
Brookula strebeli
A. W. B. Powell, 1951 [1]
Synonyms
  • Benthobrookula strebeli (Powell, 1951)
  • Brookula antarctica Dell, 1990

Description

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The maximum recorded size of the shell is 1.54 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in subantarctic waters off the South Georgia Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Powell, A. W. B. 1951. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports 26: 47–196, pls. 5–10
  2. ^ Brookula strebeli A. W. B. Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 March 2013.
  • 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.
  • Zelaya D.G., Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. 2006. A revision of Benthobrookula Clarker, 1961 (Gastropoda, Trochoidea) in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 72(1): 77–87
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.