Brookula bohni

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Brookula bohni
Scientific classification
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unassigned
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B. bohni
Binomial name
Brookula bohni
Schwabe & Engl, 2008[1]

Brookula bohni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Description[edit]

The size of the shell varies between 0.95 mm and 1.3 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off South Shetland Islands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, found at depths between 3683 m and 3959 m

References[edit]

  • Schwabe E. & Engl W. (2008). Description of two new deep-water species of the genus Brookula Iredale, 1912 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochoidea), with a revision of the genus for the Subantarctic and Arctic Sector of the Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 1866: 187–204
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp