Brookula strebeli

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

Brookula strebeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
unassigned
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

The maximum recorded size of the shell is 1.54 mm.

Distribution

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

References
  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.


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