Biology:Borsonellopsis

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Borsonellopsis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Borsonellopsis McLean, 1971
Type species
Leucosyrinx erosina Dall, 1908

Borsonellopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

In contrast with Borsonella, the shells in this genus are larger in size, have a weakly plicate columella and have a vestigial operculum with an apical nucleus.

Species

McLean included the following species within the genus Borsonellopsis but the database WoRMS still considers them as belonging to Borsonella.

• Borsonella callicesta (Dall, 1902)
• Borsonella diegensis (Dall, 1908)
• Borsonella erosina (Dall, 1908)

References

• McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.

Wikidata ☰ Q25094932 entry