Biology:Boonea bisuturalis
| Boonea bisuturalis | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Boonea bisuturalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Boonea |
| Species: | B. bisuturalis
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| Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822) [1]
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Boonea bisuturalis (also known as the three-toothed odostome or the two-groove odostome) is a species of minute sea snail, a pyramidellid gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[2]
This species is ectoparasitic (an external parasite) on various bivalves and other gastropods. It is notorious as a pest on oyster beds. Its preferred hosts are the common periwinkle Littorina littorea, the mud snail Tritia obsoleta and the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica [3]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 2.8 mm and 5.8 mm. The smooth shell has a light brownish epidermis. The 5-6 whorls of the teleoconch show an impressed revolving line below the suture. The periphery is obtusely angulated.[4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada , and can exceed distribution throughout marine areas ranging from Canada to the state of Delaware, United States . The species is also notable within the Gulf of Maine.
References
- ↑ Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 221-248, 257-276, 302-325
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397024 on 2011-03-14
- ↑ Robert Robertson and Terry Mau-Lastovicka, The Ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae); Biol Bull157: 320-333. (October 1979)
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1886 (described as Odostomia bisuturalis)
- Totten, J. G. 1834. Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. American Journal of Science and Arts 26: 366-369, 1 pl.
- Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History 2: 53-111, pls. 1-3.
- De Kay, J. E. 1843. Mollusca. Zoology of New York 5: [iii] + iv + [iv] + 271 pp., 40 pls
- 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
External links
- Global Invasive Species Database info
- "Odostomia (Boonea) bisuturalis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_8602.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3172411 entry
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