Bouchetispira is a genus of sea snails.[1] The genus Bouchetispira is the only genus in the family Bouchetispiridae. The scientific name of the genus and family are in honour of Philippe Bouchet, a French taxonomist and malacologist.
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| Shells of Bouchetispira vitrea (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Bouchetispiridae Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012 |
| Genus: | Bouchetispira Kantor, Strong & Puillandre, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012
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Species
edit- Bouchetispira ponderi Hallan, Criscione, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2019
- Bouchetispira vitrea Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bouchetispira Kantor, E. E. Strong & Puillandre, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606012 on 2020-06-17
Further reading
edit- Kantor, Y. I.; Strong, E. E.; Puillandre, N. (2012). A new lineage of Conoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) revealed by morphological and molecular data. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78(3): 246-255
- Hallan A., Criscione F., Fedosov A.E. & Puillandre N. (2019). Bouchetispira ponderi n. sp. (Conoidea: Bouchetispiridae), a new deep-sea gastropod from temperate Australia. Molluscan Research. DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2019.1681626.