Bellaspira aurantiaca explained

Bellaspira aurantiaca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 4 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off the Florida Keys, Louisiana and Alabama.

References

• Fallon . P.J. . Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4090 . 1 . 1-363 .

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Bellaspira aurantiaca Fallon, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871894 on 2016-07-27
2. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .