Bouchetispira

Bouchetispira is a genus of sea snail.[1] The genus Bouchetispira is the only genus in the family Bouchetispiridae (a monotypic family).The scientific name of the family and the generic name is in honour of Philippe Bouchet, the French taxonomist and malacologist.

Bouchetispira
Shells of Bouchetispira vitrea (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Bouchetispiridae
Genus: Bouchetispira
Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012
Type species
Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012

Species

  • Bouchetispira ponderi Hallan, Criscione, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2019
  • Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bouchetispira Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606012 on 2020-06-17
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