Boonea seminuda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Boonea seminuda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Boonea |
| Species: | B. seminuda
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| Binomial name | |
| Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)
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The preferred host of this ectoparasite is the common slipper shell Crepidula fornicata or the Atlantic bay scallop Argopecten irradians.[3]
Description
editThe glossy white, shell is translucent. Its length measures 3.75 mm. The teleoconch contains seven convex whorls. Those of the spire and upper half of the body are longitudinally plicate. They are crossed by three spiral lines, giving a granulated appearance. The folds terminate at the periphery. Below it on the body whorl are four spiral striae. The suture is distinct, but indistinctly margined. The columellar fold is inconspicuous.[4]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- North West Atlantic Ocean, including Gulf of Maine
- Caribbean Sea (Colombia)
- Gulf of Mexico (Mexico)
References
edit- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- ^ Robertson, Robert; Mau-Lastovicka, Terry (1979). "The ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae)". The Biological Bulletin. 157 (2): 320–333. doi:10.2307/1541058. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1541058.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1886 (described as Odostomia seminuda)
- Adams, C. B. (1839). Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species. Boston Journal of Natural History 2: 262–288, pl. 4
- Dall, W. H. (1884). On a collection of shells sent from Florida by Mr. Henry Hemphill. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6(384) 318–342, pl. 10
- Bartsch, P. (1909). Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 34: 67–113, pls. 11–14
- Henderson, J. B. and P. Bartsch. (1914). Littoral marine mollusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2055) 411–421, pls. 13–14