Douglassia bealiana, common name Beal's drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]
| Douglassia bealiana | |
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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: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Douglassia |
| Species: | D. bealiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 [1]
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This species was renamed Drillia bealiana by E.C. Rios in 1994.[3]
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 8 and 12 mm (0.31 and 0.47 in).[citation needed]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to North Brasil at depths between 26 and 91 m (85 and 299 ft).[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Schwengel, J.S. & McGinty, T.L. (1942) Some new and interesting marine shells from northwest Florida. The Nautilus, 56, 13–18, pl. 4.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420299 on 2016-08-23
- ^ Rios, E.C. (1994) Seashells of Brazil. 2nd Edition. Fundaçao Cidade do Rio Grande, Fundaçao Universidade do Rio Grande, Museu Oceanográphico, Rio Grande, RS, XII, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp., 113 pls.
Further reading
edit- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Fallon, P.J. (2016). "Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species". Zootaxa. 4090 (1): 1–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4090.1.1. PMID 27394363.
External links
edit- "Douglassia bealiana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.