Bartschia significans

Bartschia significans
Bartschia significans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Bartschia
Species: B. significans
Binomial name
Bartschia significans
Rehder, 1943
Synonyms[1]

Metula significans (Rehder, 1943)

Bartschia significans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 51 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b Bartschia significans Rehder, 1943.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490750  on 6 December 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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