Douglassia bealiana, common name Beal's drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Douglassia bealiana | |
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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: | Douglassia |
| Species: | D. bealiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 [1]
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This species was renamed Drillia bealiana by E.C. Rios in 1994.[3]
Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to North Brasil at depths between 26 m and 91 m.
References edit
- ^ Schwengel, J.S. & McGinty, T.L. (1942) Some new and interesting marine shells from northwest Florida. The Nautilus, 56, 13–18, pl. 4.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420299 on 2016-08-23
- ^ Rios, E.C. (1994) Seashells of Brazil. 2nd Edition. Fundaçao Cidade do Rio Grande, Fundaçao Universidade do Rio Grande, Museu Oceanográphico, Rio Grande, RS, XII, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp., 113 pls.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Fallon P.J. (2016). Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species. Zootaxa. 4090(1): 1–363
External links edit
- "Douglassia bealiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.