''Diptychophlia hubrechti'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Diptychophlia hubrechti Cunha, 2005. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532744 on 2016-03-04

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off in the Atlantic Ocean off Northeast Brasil.

References

* Cunha C.M. (2005) ''Diptychophlia hubrechti, a new species (Caenogastropoda, Turridae) from off northeastern Brazil''. Strombus 12, Suppl. 1: 12-15.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diptychophlia Hubrechti hubrechti Gastropods described in 2005