''Boonea'' is a small

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of small

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s, pyramidellid

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s.Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea Robertson, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397023 on 2012-03-01 This genus is currently placed in the subfamily

Odostomiinae Odostomiinae, ''Odostomia'' snails and their allies, is a taxonomic subfamily of minute parasitic sea snails. These are marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Pyramidellidae. Taxonomy The subfamily Odostomiinae h ...

, of the

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(according to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)).

Distribution

The vast majority of the species within this genus are only known to be distributed within

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waters,

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is a very populated location for the Boonea genus.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As most members of the

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they are most likely

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s. The species ''

Boonea impressa ''Boonea impressa'', common name the impressed odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of twelve known species within the Boonea genus of gast ...

'' however is known to be a severe pest of the edible

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'' (Wilson, Powell & Ray, 1988)

Species

There are eleven known species within the genus ''Boonea'', these include the following: * ''

Boonea bisuturalis ''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 speci ...

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, 1822) * ''

Boonea cincta ''Boonea cincta'' 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.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Boonea ci ...

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Boonea jadisi ''Boonea jadisi'' 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.Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Boonea ja ...

'' (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) * ''

Boonea kinpana ''Boonea kinpana'' 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 species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.WoRMS (2010). ''Boonea kinpana'' Hori & ...

'' Hori & Nakamura, 1999 * ''

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.Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Boonea ...

'' Hori & Okutani, 1996 * ''

Boonea scymnocelata ''Boonea scymnocelata'' 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.Gofas, S. (2010). ''Boonea s ...

'' Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009 * ''

Boonea seminuda ''Boonea seminuda'' 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.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Boonea se ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1839) - type species, as ''Jaminia seminuda'' * ''

Boonea somersi ''Oscilla somersi'' 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.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollu ...

'' (Verrill & Bush, 1900) * ''

Boonea suoana ''Boonea suoana'' 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.WoRMS (2010). ''Boonea suoana'' H ...

'' Hori & Nakamura, 1999 * ''

Boonea umboniocola ''Boonea umboniocola'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Boonea umboniocola'' Hori & Okutani, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' Hori and Okutani, 1995 Ronald G. Noseworthy, Na-Rae Lim, and Kwang-Sik Choi, A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea; Korean Journal of Malacology, Vol. 23(1): 65-104, June 30, 2007
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Distribution

Life habits

Species

References

Further reading