Borsonia brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Borsonia brasiliana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Borsonia |
Species: | B. brasiliana
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Binomial name | |
Borsonia brasiliana Tippett, 1983
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Description
editThe size of the shell reaches a length of 10.9-12.2 mm, with a maximum width of 4–5.1 mm. It has a characteristic sinistral coiling of the shell, and its whirl tapers toward its canal.[2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Borsonia brasiliana Tippett, 1983. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433151 on 2016-02-28
- ^ a b Tippett, Donn L. (28 October 1983). "A New Sinistral Turrid from Brazil (Gastropoda: Turridae)". The Nautilus. 97 (4). American Malacologists, Inc.: 135–138. ISSN 0028-1344. LCCN sf80000648. OCLC 1759527. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.