Borsonia zelandica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Borsonia zelandica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Borsonia |
| Species: | B. zelandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Borsonia zelandica (P. Marshall, 1919)
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Description
editThe spiral ornament consists of four wavy cords between the keel and the lower suture. The suture is margined by a stout swelling. There are 6 to 7 axials per whorl with wider interstices.[2]
Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Borsonia zelandica (P. Marshall, 1919) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831617 on 2016-02-29
- ^ Finlay, H. J. "New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 56. 1926
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.