Bellaspira pentagonalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Bellaspira |
Species: | B. pentagonalis
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Binomial name | |
Bellaspira pentagonalis (
Dall, 1889)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Bellaspira pentagonalis is a species of sea snail in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2] [3]
The shell grows to a length of 10 mm. [2]
The stout shell has a white tip. The whorls are whitish and the summits of the five ribs are brownish. The ribs are continuous from base to summit and the cross-section of the shell forms an exact pentagon with rounded angles. The ribs are not continuous, except accidentally. The other characters are closely similar to Fenimorea pagodula. [4]
This marine species occurs from North Carolina (Cape Hatteras) to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico off Western Florida and in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba and French Guiana. [1] [2]
Bellaspira pentagonalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Bellaspira |
Species: | B. pentagonalis
|
Binomial name | |
Bellaspira pentagonalis (
Dall, 1889)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Bellaspira pentagonalis is a species of sea snail in the family Drilliidae. [1] [2] [3]
The shell grows to a length of 10 mm. [2]
The stout shell has a white tip. The whorls are whitish and the summits of the five ribs are brownish. The ribs are continuous from base to summit and the cross-section of the shell forms an exact pentagon with rounded angles. The ribs are not continuous, except accidentally. The other characters are closely similar to Fenimorea pagodula. [4]
This marine species occurs from North Carolina (Cape Hatteras) to Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico off Western Florida and in the Caribbean Sea off Aruba and French Guiana. [1] [2]