''Borsonella galapagana'' is a species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the
Galapagos Islands.
References
* McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) ''New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae''. The Veliger, 14, 89–113.
External links
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galapagana
Gastropods described in 1971
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