Paraborsonia lindae

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

Paraborsonia lindae
Shell of Paraborsonia lindae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Paraborsonia
Species:
P. lindae
Binomial name
Paraborsonia lindae
Petuch, 1987

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Guadeloupe

References

  1. 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
  • Petuch, Edward J. "New Caribbean molluscan faunas." (1987).
  • Petuch, Edward J. Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press, 2013.
  • "Paraborsonia lindae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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