Brookula olearia
Brookula olearia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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Family: | unassigned |
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Species: | B. olearia |
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Brookula olearia Absalão & Pimenta, 2005[1] | |
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Benthobrookula olearia Absalao & Pimenta, 2005 |
Description
The maximum recorded size of the shell is 1 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, found at depths between 1050 m and 1350 m.
References
- Absalão R.S. & Pimenta A.D. (2005). New records and new species of Vetulonia Dall, 1913 and Brookula Iredale, 1912 from Brazil (Gastropoda, Trochidae). The Veliger 47(3): 193-201
- Brookula olearia Absalão & Pimenta, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
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