Borsonia symbiotes
Appearance
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Original drawing of two shells of Borsonia symbiotes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Borsonia |
Species: | B. symbiotes
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Binomial name | |
Borsonia symbiotes (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Borsonia symbiotes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The height of the shell attains 70 mm. The shell is remarkable for its peculiar glistening white outer layer, with which it is most beautifully contrasted the pale cinnamon interior.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Laccadives and off East India, Malaya and Indonesia.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Borsonia symbiotes (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827410 on 2016-03-02
- Wood-Mason & Alcock. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer ‘Investigator,’ Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91; Annals And Magazine of Natural History Ser. 6, Vol. VIII, 1891, p. 444, fig. 13a, b
- Smith. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6, Vol. XIV, 1894, p. 161, PI. 3, fig. 7, 8
- Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa; p. 421
- .Alexander V. Sysoev, Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34; Bulletin of the Natural History Museum v.62 # 1 (1996)
External links[edit]
- "Comitas symbiotes". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.