Boonea scymnocelata

Boonea scymnocelata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Boonea
Species: B. scymnocelata
Binomial name
Boonea scymnocelata
Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009[1]

Boonea scymnocelata 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 of this ectoparasitic marine species grows to a length of approximately 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of Brazil at depths between 79 m and 500 m below sea level.

References

External links

External identifiers for Boonea scymnocelata
Encyclopedia of Life 19650393
WoRMS 457179


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