Borsonella galapagana

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Borsonella galapagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Borsonella
Species: B. galapagana
Binomial name
Borsonella galapagana
McLean & Poorman, 1971

Borsonella galapagana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ↑ Borsonella galapagana McLean & Poorman, 1971.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.

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