Bruceina cognata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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| Shell of Bruceina cognata (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Bruceina |
| Species: | B. cognata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bruceina cognata (Marshall, 1988)
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| Synonyms | |
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Herbertina cognata B. A. Marshall, 1988 | |
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off South Africa at depths between 85 m and 140 m.
References
edit- ^ Bruceina cognata (Marshall, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 August 2013.
- Marshall, B. A. (1988). Thysanodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Gastropoda). The Journal of Molluscan Studies. 54 (2): 215–229
- Özdikmen H. (2013) Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. Munis Entomology & Zoology 8(1): 252–256