Burchia semiinflata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 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
  • Nautilus, vol. 52, 1938. pp. 21–22
  • 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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