Bruceiella wareni

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Bruceiella wareni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Bruceiella
Species:
B. wareni
Binomial name
Bruceiella wareni
Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004[1]

Bruceiella wareni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

The specific name wareni is in honor of Swedish malacologist Anders Warén.[1]Bruceiella Wareni

Distribution[edit]

Map of southern part of the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) showing location of the Kairei hydrothermal vent site.

The type locality is the Kairei hydrothermal vent site on the Central Indian Ridge, just north of the Rodrigues Triple Point.[1]

Description[edit]

The width of the shell is 1.6-2.2 mm.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Okutani T., Hashimoto J. & Sasaki T. (2004). "New gastropod taxa from a hydrothermal vent (Kairei Field) in the central Indian Ocean". Venus 63(1-2): 1-10 PDF Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Bruceiella wareni Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

External links[edit]

  • "Bruceiella wareni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 September 2012.