Buchema bellula

Buchema bellula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Buchema
Species:	B. bellula
Binomial name
	Buchema bellula; (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
	Drillia (Clavus) bellula (E. A. Smith, 1882); Pleurotoma (Clavus) bellula E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination);

Buchema bellula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family of Horaiclavidae.

It was formerly included within the family Turridae.^[1]

Description[edit]

The size of the fusiform shell varies between 6 mm and 8.5 mm, its diameter is 3.4 mm. The shell contains 8 whorls of which the first two in the protoconch. The aperture spans about ⅓ of the whole length. The sinus is of mediocre size. The siphonal canal is very short and recurved to the left. The white band encircling the whorls includes three of the spiral lirations which are thickened upon the obsolete ribs. In fact, each rib might be said to be composed of the thickening of the lirae.^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent and Aruba

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buchema bellula (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532470 on 2017-01-04
^ Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218

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[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2015). Buchema bellula (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532470 on 2017-01-04

[2] Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218

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