Boonea jadisi

Boonea jadisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Boonea
Species: B. jadisi
Binomial name
Boonea jadisi
(Olsson & McGinty, 1958) [1]
Synonyms
  • Odostomia (Boonea) jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
  • Odostomia (Chrysallida) jadisi Olsson & McGinty, 1958 (basionym)
  • Menestho jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)

Boonea jadisi 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 known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods. [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of approximately 3.5 mm.

Distribution

The vast majority of this marine species is distributed in mostly American waters, these include the following geographical locations:

References

  1. Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1-58, pls. 1-5.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). 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=532447 on 2011-10-26

External links

External identifiers for Boonea jadisi
Encyclopedia of Life 19661157
WoRMS 532447


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