Paraborsonia | |
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Paraborsonia lindae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Paraborsonia Pilsbry, 1922 |
Type species | |
† Mitra varicosaG. B. Sowerby I, 1850 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
†Borsonia (Paraborsonia)Pilsbry, 1922 (original rank) Contents |
Paraborsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
Species within the genus Paraborsonia include:
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