Burchia semiinflata

Burchia semiinflata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Burchia
Species:	B. semiinflata
Binomial name
	Burchia semiinflata; (Grant & Gale, 1931)
Synonyms[1]
	Burchia redondoensis (T. Burch, 1938); Crassispira (Burchia) semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931); Crassispira semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931); Crassispira semiinflata redondoensis (T.A. Burch, 1938); † Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & Gale, 1931 (basionym); Pseudomelatoma redondoensis T. Burch, 1938; Pseudomelatoma semiinflata redondoensis (T.A. Burch, 1938);

Burchia semiinflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Redondo Beach, California, USA.

MolluscaBase (2018). Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318772 on 2019-01-13

Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Wheeler J. North (1976). Underwater California. University of California Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-520-03039-8.

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