Burchia spectabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae,[2] first described by Alexander Sysoev and JohnTaylor in 1997.[1]
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| 1. shell height 36.9 mm. 2. lateral view 3.radula teeth - scale bar 20μm. (From Sysoev & Taylor)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Burchia |
| Species: | B. spectabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Burchia spectabilis Sysoev & Taylor, 1997
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Holotype site[1]
This marine species occurs off Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b c Alexander V. Sysoev; John D.Taylor (1997). "A new species of crassispirine gastropod from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Crassispirinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology series. 63: 51–53. ISSN 0968-0470. Wikidata Q113711263.
- ^ a b Burchia spectabilis Sysoev & Taylor, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Burchia spectabilis, holotype in the Western Australian Museum
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