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Belloliva apoma

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Belloliva apoma
Shell of Belloliva apoma (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Bellolividae
Genus: Belloliva
Species:
B. apoma
Binomial name
Belloliva apoma
Kantor & Bouchet, 2007[1]

Belloliva apoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Bellolividae, the olives.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References

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  • Kantor Y.I. & Bouchet P. 2007. Out of Australia: Belloliva (Neogastropoda: Olividae) in the Coral Sea and New Caledonia. American Malacological Bulletin, 22(1-2): 22-73.
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