Paraborsonia lindae
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Paraborsonia lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae.WoRMS (2015). Paraborsonia lindae Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434554 on 20 March 2016
Description
Original description: "Shell short, stocky, biconic in shape; shoulder rounded, demarcated by 2 large, beaded cords; body whorl ornamented with 20-25 fine, beaded spiral cords; subsutural area indented, slightly canaliculate; columella with 3 large plications; interior of aperture with numerous ribs; protoconch large, flattened on top; anal notch corresponding to canaliculate subsutural area, deep and narrow; shell color pale yellow with darker yellow crescent-shaped flammules along the shoulder; anterior tip of columella dark yellow; interior of aperture white."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Golfo de Triste, off Puerto Cabello, Venezuela."
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Guadeloupe
References
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- Petuch, Edward J. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. (1987).
- Petuch, Edward J. Biogeography and biodiversity of Western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press, 2013.
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=23977|title=Paraborsonia lindae|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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