Belaturricula gaini

Belaturricula gaini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Belaturricula
Species: B. gaini
Binomial name
Belaturricula gaini
(Lamy, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Belaturricula antarctica Dell, 1990
  • Sipho gaini Lamy, 1910 (original combination)

Belaturricula gaini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 73 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Shetlands, the Scotia Sea, the Ross Sea and the Antarctic Ocean; also off the South Orkneys and the South Shetlands.

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