Borsonia hirondelleae

Borsonia hirondelleae
Original drawing of a shell of Borsonia hirondelleae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Borsonia
Species: B. hirondelleae
Binomial name
Borsonia hirondelleae
(Dautzenberg, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucosyrinx circumcinctum Locard, E.A.A., 1897
  • Pleurotoma circumcinctum Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma denudatum Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma erraneum Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotoma hirondelleae Dautzenberg, 1891 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma scitulinum Locard, 1897

Borsonia hirondelleae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 32 mm, its width : 12 mm. The not very solid, whitish shell has a fusiform shape. The rather high shell is turriculate and contains seven convex whorls, subangular at the periphery, separated by a simple suture. The whorls contain longitudinal, nodulose ribs (13 on the penultimate whorl). The aperture is narrow and is half as long as the length of the shell. The front of the columella is slightly twisted and has a small callus. The outer lip is simple and sharp. It forms a rather narrow sinus. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Morocco, off the Azores and in the Bay of Biscay

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Borsonia hirondelleae (Dautzenberg, 1891). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139225 on 2016-02-29
  2. [ Dautzenberg P., 1891a: Contribution la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gascogne; Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 4: 604-619
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