''Burchia'' is a genus 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 ...

s, 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 ...

mollusks in the family

Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Burchia'' include: * ''

Burchia semiinflata ''Burchia semiinflata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mar ...

'' (Grant & Gale, 1931) * '' Burchia spectabilis'' Sysoev & Taylor, 1997 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Burchia redondoensis'' (T. Burch, 1938): synonym of ''

'' (Grant & Gale, 1931) * ''Burchia clionella'' Dall, 1908: synonym of ''

Leucosyrinx clionella ''Leucosyrinx clionella'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. IN 1938 Paul Bartsch was of the opinion that ''Leucosyrinx clionella'' was actually as synonym of ''Burchia clionella'', agreeing ...

'' Dall, 1908

References

P. Bartsch, ''Burchia, a new genus of Turrids''; The Nautilus vol. 57 (4)

External links

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Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Pseudomelatomidae Gastropod genera {{Pseudomelatomidae-stub