Burchia semiinflata

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

Burchia semiinflata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Burchia
Species:
B. semiinflata
Binomial name
Burchia semiinflata
(Grant & Gale, 1931)
Synonyms[1]
  • Burchia redondoensis (T. Burch, 1938)
  • Crassispira (Burchia) semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931)
  • Crassispira semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931)
  • Crassispira semiinflata redondoensis (T.A. Burch, 1938)
  • Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & Gale, 1931 (basionym)
  • Pseudomelatoma redondoensis T. Burch, 1938
  • Pseudomelatoma semiinflata redondoensis (T.A. Burch, 1938)

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Redondo Beach, California, USA.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318772 on 2019-01-13
  • Nautilus, vol. 52, 1938. pp. 21–22
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Wheeler J. North (1976). Underwater California. University of California Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-520-03039-8.


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