Borsonia cliffdenensis

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Borsonia cliffdenensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Borsonia
Species:
B. cliffdenensis
Binomial name
Borsonia cliffdenensis
H. Finlay, 1930

Borsonia cliffdenensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2016). Borsonia clifdenensis Finlay, 1930 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831614 on 2016-04-12