Paraborsonia lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Paraborsonia lindae | |
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| Shell of Paraborsonia lindae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Paraborsonia |
| Species: | P. lindae
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraborsonia lindae Petuch, 1987
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Description
editOriginal description: "Shell short, stocky, biconic in shape; shoulder rounded, demarcated by 2 large, beaded cords; body whorl ornamented with 20-25 fine, beaded spiral cords; subsutural area indented, slightly canaliculate; columella with 3 large plications; interior of aperture with numerous ribs; protoconch large, flattened on top; anal notch corresponding to canaliculate subsutural area, deep and narrow; shell color pale yellow with darker yellow crescent-shaped flammules along the shoulder; anterior tip of columella dark yellow; interior of aperture white."[2]
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."[2]
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Guadeloupe
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Paraborsonia lindae Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434554 on 20 March 2016
- ^ a b Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
- Petuch, Edward J. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. (1987).
- Petuch, Edward J. Biogeography and biodiversity of Western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press, 2013.
External links
edit- "Paraborsonia lindae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.