Boonea seminuda

Boonea seminuda
Drawing of a shell of Boonea seminuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Boonea
Species: B. seminuda
Binomial name
Boonea seminuda
(C. B. Adams, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysallida buijsei auct. non Jong & Coomans, 1988
  • Chemnitzia seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Jaminia seminuda C. B. Adams, 1839
  • Menestho granatina (Dall, 1884)
  • Menestho seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Menestho toyatani (Henderson & Bartsch, 1914)
  • Menestho willisi (Bartsch, 1909)
  • Odostomia granatina Dall, 1884
  • Odostomia seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Odostomia (Boonea) seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Odostomia toyatani Henderson & Bartsch, 1914
  • Odostomia willisi Bartsch, 1909

Boonea seminuda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[1][2]

The preferred host of this ectoparasite is the common slipper shell Crepidula fornicata or the Atlantic bay scallop Argopecten irradians.[3]

Description

The glossy white, shell is translucent. Its length measures 3.75 mm. The teleoconch contains seven convex whorls. Those of the spire and upper half of the body are longitudinally plicate. They are crossed by three spiral lines, giving a granulated appearance. The folds terminate at the periphery. Below it on the body whorl are four spiral striae. The suture is distinct, but indistinctly margined. The columellar fold is inconspicuous.[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420438 on 2011-10-26
  2. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  3. Robert Robertson and Terry Mau-Lastovicka, The Eectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae); Biol Bull157: 320-333. (October 1979)
  4. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1886 (described as Odostomia seminuda)

External links

External identifiers for Boonea seminuda
Encyclopedia of Life 453673
ITIS 75991
WoRMS 420438
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