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Buridrillia deroyorum

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Buridrillia deroyorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Buridrillia
Species:
B. deroyorum
Binomial name
Buridrillia deroyorum
Emerson & McLean, 1992

Buridrillia deroyorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 50 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands.

References

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  1. ^ 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
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  • 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.