Paraborsonia lindae

Paraborsonia lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Paraborsonia lindae
Shell of Paraborsonia lindae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Paraborsonia
Species:
P. lindae
Binomial name
Paraborsonia lindae
Petuch, 1987

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Guadeloupe

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References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Paraborsonia lindae Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434554 on 2016-03-20
  • Petuch, Edward J. "New Caribbean molluscan faunas." (1987).
  • Petuch, Edward J. Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press, 2013.
  • "Paraborsonia lindae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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