Bruceina cognata

Bruceina cognata
Shell of Bruceina cognata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Bruceina
Species:	B. cognata
Binomial name
Bruceina cognata (Marshall, 1988)
Synonyms
Herbertina cognata B. A. Marshall, 1988

Bruceina cognata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa at depths between 85 m and 140 m.

References

1. Bruceina cognata (Marshall, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 August 2013.

• Marshall, B. A. (1988). Thysanodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Gastropoda). The Journal of Molluscan Studies. 54 (2): 215–229
• Özdikmen H. (2013) Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. Munis Entomology & Zoology 8(1): 252–256