Boonea okamurai
Boonea okamurai 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 known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[2]
| Boonea okamurai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Boonea |
| Species: | B. okamurai |
| Binomial name | |
| Boonea okamurai Hori & Okutani, 1996 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Odostomia (Boonea) okumurai Hori, S. & T.A. Okutani, 1996 | |
Distribution
This marine species occurs throughout marine terrain within the Pacific Ocean off the east coasts of Japan.
References
- Hori, S. & Okutani, T., 1996. A new Pyramidellid gastropod ectoparasitic on Conus. Venus 7(14):7-14
- Rosenberg, G. (2011). Boonea okamurai Hori & Okutani, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588305 on 2011-11-29
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.