Buchema liella
| Buchema liella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Buchema |
| Species: | B. liella
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| Binomial name | |
| Buchema liella (Corea, 1934)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Carinodrillia (Buchema) liella Corea, 1934 | |
Buchema liella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
It was formerly included within the family Turridae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and North Brazil
References
[edit]- ^ a b Buchema liella (Corea, 1934). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Corea, Lois Fleming. "New marine mollusks (with three plates)." (1934).
- Bartsch, P. (1934) Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep; new mollusks of the family Turritidae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91, 1–29, 8 pls
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