Buridrillia deroyorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Buridrillia deroyorum | |
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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: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Buridrillia |
| Species: | B. deroyorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Buridrillia deroyorum Emerson & McLean, 1992
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 50 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Buridrillia deroyorum Emerson & McLean, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433178 on 23 May 2018
- Emerson, W.K. & McLean, J.H. (1992) Buridrillia deroyorum, new species from the Galapagos Islands, a living record of a Neogene turrid genus. The Nautilus, 106, 39–42
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.
- "Buridrillia deroyorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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