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

Brookula bohni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Brookula
Species:
B. bohni
Binomial name
Brookula bohni
Schwabe & Engl, 2008[1]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 0.95 mm and 1.3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off South Shetland Islands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, found at depths between 3683 m and 3959 m

References

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  • Schwabe, Enrico; Engl, Winfried (31 December 2008). "Description Of Two New Deep Water Species Of The Genus Brookula Iredale, 1912 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea), With A Revision Of The Genus For The Subantarctic And Arctic Sector Of The Atlantic Ocean". Zootaxa. 1866: 187–204. doi:10.5281/zenodo.183706.
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp