Boonea seminuda

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Boonea seminuda
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Drawing of a shell of Boonea seminuda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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. [1] [2]

Contents

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]

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References

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  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. Robertson, Robert; Mau-Lastovicka, Terry (1979). "The ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae)". The Biological Bulletin. 157 (2): 320–333. doi:10.2307/1541058. ISSN   0006-3185.
  4. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1886 (described as Odostomia seminuda)