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Borsonia brasiliana

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Borsonia brasiliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Borsonia
Species:
B. brasiliana
Binomial name
Borsonia brasiliana
Tippett, 1983

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 13 mm. It has a characteristic sinistral coiling of the shell.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northeast Brasil.

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Borsonia brasiliana Tippett, 1983. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433151 on 2016-02-28