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Borsonella
Sign in to saveBorsonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyBorsoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Borsoniidae
- Collections
- LACM, UCMP, SDNHM, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Borsoniidae
- Image
- Borsonella erosina 001.jpg
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- taxon name
- Borsonella
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- Borsonella
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Borsonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
==Description== (Original description) The shell has a small, blunt nucleus of one or two whorls. The sculpture is chiefly spiral, feeble, except for one or two spiral carinae, sometimes with a few small riblets or beads on the principal carina. The periostracum is conspicuous, smooth or vermiculate. The siphonal canal is wide and very short. The outer lip is sharp, simple, arcuate. The columella is solid, with one strong, nearly horizontal plait continuous upon the whole axis. This axis is impervious, the operculum absent. Type Borsonia dalli
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