Bruceiella wareni
| Bruceiella wareni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Bruceiella |
| Species: | B. wareni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bruceiella wareni Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004[1] | |
Bruceiella wareni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]
The specific name wareni is in honor of Swedish malacologist Anders Warén.[1]
Distribution
Map of southern part of the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) showing location of the Kairei hydrothermal vent site.
The type locality is the Kairei hydrothermal vent site on the Central Indian Ridge, just north of the Rodrigues Triple Point.[1]
Description
The width of the shell is 1.6-2.2 mm.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Okutani T., Hashimoto J. & Sasaki T. (2004). "New gastropod taxa from a hydrothermal vent (Kairei Field) in the central Indian Ocean". Venus 63(1-2): 1-10 PDF.
- ↑ Bruceiella wareni Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
External links
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