Boonea kinpana
Appearance
Boonea kinpana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Boonea |
Species: | B. kinpana
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Binomial name | |
Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999[1]
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Synonyms | |
Odostomia (Boonea) kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999 |
Boonea kinpana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the coasts of Japan. The species is also populous throughout marine terrain off the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture.
References
[edit]- ^ Hori, S. & Nakamura, Y. (1999). Two new species of the Pyramidellidae (Orthogastropoda: Heterobranchia) parasitic on bivalves in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Jap. Journ. Malac. (4) 58 : 165-174
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457607 on 2011-10-26