Borsonia symbiophora

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

Borsonia symbiophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Borsonia
Species:
B. symbiophora
Binomial name
Borsonia symbiophora
Sysoev, 1996

Description

The size of the shell attains 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Borsonia jaya Sysoev, 1997. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433155 on 2016-02-29
  • Sysoev, A. V. "Deep-sea conolidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34." Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology Series 62 (1996): 1-30.
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