Bellaspira tricolor

Bellaspira tricolor
Shell of Bellaspira tricolor (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Drilliidae
Genus:Bellaspira
Species: B. tricolor
Binomial name
Bellaspira tricolor
Fallon, 2016

Bellaspira tricolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 2.4 mm and 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Bellaspira tricolor Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871901 on 2016-07-27
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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