Brookula powelli
| Brookula powelli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Brookula |
| Species: | B. powelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Brookula powelli Clarke, 1961 [1]
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Brookula powelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded size of the shell is 2.3 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the South Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay, Argentina and the South Georgia Islands, found at depths between 1000 m and 5130 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Clarke, A. H., Jr. 1961. Abyssal mollusks from the South Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 125: 345–387, pls. 1–4
- ^ Brookula powelli Clarke, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Zelaya D.G., Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. 2006. A revision of Benthobrookula Clarker, 1961 (Gastropoda, Trochoidea) in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 72(1): 77–87
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.