Boonea

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Boonea
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Apertural view of the shell of Boonea cincta , by W. H. Dall.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Boonea
Robertson, 1978 [1]
Type species
Jaminia seminuda C.B. Adams, 1839
Synonyms [2]

Odostomia (Boonea) Robertson, 1978

Boonea is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. [2]

Contents

This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Odostomiinae, of the family Pyramidellidae (according to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)).

Distribution

The vast majority of the species within this genus are only known to be distributed within North American waters, Hudson Bay is a very populated location for the Boonea genus.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato they are most likely ectoparasites.

The species Boonea impressa however is known to be a severe pest of the edible oyster Crassostrea virginica (Wilson, Powell & Ray, 1988)

Species

There are eleven known species within the genus Boonea, these include the following:

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Boonea impressa, common name the impressed odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of twelve known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.

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Boonea okamurai 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.

Boonea umboniocola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

References

  1. Robertson R. (1978). "Spermatophores of six eastern North American pyramidellid gastropods and their systematic significance (with the new genus Boonea)". Biological Bulletin . 155 (2): 360–382. doi:10.2307/1540958. JSTOR   1540958. page 364.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea Robertson, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397023 on 2012-03-01
  3. Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397024 on 2011-03-14
  4. WoRMS (2010). Boonea cincta (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397025 on 2011-03-14
  5. Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea impressa (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420437 on 2011-03-14
  6. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532447 on 2011-03-14
  7. WoRMS (2010). Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457607 on 2011-03-14
  8. Gofas, S. (2010). Boonea scymnocelata Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457179 on 2011-03-14
  9. 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 2011-03-14
  10. WoRMS (2010). Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420439 on 2011-03-14
  11. WoRMS (2010). Boonea suoana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457608 on 2011-03-14
  12. Ronald G. Noseworthy, Na-Rae Lim, and Kwang-Sik Choi, A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea; Korean Journal of Malacology, Vol. 23(1): 65-104, June 30, 2007 [ permanent dead link ]

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