Boonea okamurai

Boonea okamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[2]

Boonea okamurai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Boonea
Species:
B. okamurai
Binomial name
Boonea okamurai
Hori & Okutani, 1996 [1]
Synonyms

Odostomia (Boonea) okumurai Hori, S. & T.A. Okutani, 1996

Distribution

This marine species occurs throughout marine terrain within the Pacific Ocean off the east coasts of Japan.

References
  1. Hori, S. & Okutani, T., 1996. A new Pyramidellid gastropod ectoparasitic on Conus. Venus 7(14):7-14
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Boonea okamurai Hori & Okutani, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588305 on 2011-11-29


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