Paraborsonia lindae

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

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

Description

Original description: "Shell short, stocky, biconic in shape; shoulder rounded, demarcated by 2 large, beaded cords; body whorl ornamented with 20-25 fine, beaded spiral cords; subsutural area indented, slightly canaliculate; columella with 3 large plications; interior of aperture with numerous ribs; protoconch large, flattened on top; anal notch corresponding to canaliculate subsutural area, deep and narrow; shell color pale yellow with darker yellow crescent-shaped flammules along the shoulder; anterior tip of columella dark yellow; interior of aperture white."[2]

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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 20 March 2016
  2. ^ a b Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
  • 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.