Boonea kinpana

Boonea kinpana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[2]

Boonea kinpana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Boonea
Species:
B. kinpana
Binomial name
Boonea kinpana
Hori & Nakamura, 1999[1]
Synonyms

Odostomia (Boonea) kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of Japan. The species is also populous throughout marine terrain off the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture.

References
  1. Hori, S. & Nakamura, Y. (1999). Two new species of the Pyramidellidae (Orthogastropoda: Heterobranchia) parasitic on bivalves in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Jap. Journ. Malac. (4) 58 : 165-174
  2. WoRMS (2010). Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457607 on 2011-10-26
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