| Paraborsonia lindae | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Shell of Paraborsonia lindae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Paraborsonia |
| Species: | P. lindae |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraborsonia lindae Petuch, 1987 | |
Paraborsonia lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
Original description: "Shell short, stocky, biconic in shape; shoulder rounded, demarcated by 2 large, beaded cords; body whorl ornamented with 20-25 fine, beaded spiral cords; subsutural area indented, slightly canaliculate; columella with 3 large plications; interior of aperture with numerous ribs; protoconch large, flattened on top; anal notch corresponding to canaliculate subsutural area, deep and narrow; shell color pale yellow with darker yellow crescent-shaped flammules along the shoulder; anterior tip of columella dark yellow; interior of aperture white." [2]
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela." [2]
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Guadeloupe