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Borsonella

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Borsonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyBorsoniidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
44
With media
1
Family
Borsoniidae
Collections
LACM, UCMP, SDNHM, USNM, FMNH
Recorded in
United States

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Borsoniidae
Image
Borsonella erosina 001.jpg
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Category:Borsonella
taxon name
Borsonella
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
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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