Borsonia epigona
| Borsonia epigona | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Borsonia epigona | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Borsonia |
| Species: | B. epigona |
| Binomial name | |
| Borsonia epigona von Martens, 1901 | |
Borsonia epigona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The size of the fusiform shell varies between 23 mm and 28 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off West Sumatra at depths between 614 m and 677 m.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2015). Borsonia epigona Martens, 1901. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433153 on 2016-02-29
- von Martens (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899.. In. A. Systematisch-geographischer Theil., vol. 7 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899, 1–146
- A. Sysoev (1997), Mollusca Gastropoda: new deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia
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