Paraborsonia lindae | |
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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