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of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod

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Conoidea Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and conside ...

.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153870 on 2011-08-12Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''

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'' 47(1-2). . 397 pp. In 2011, Bouchet, Kantor ''et al''. brought genera from the subfamilies Clathurellinae and

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they were previously placed in the family Conidae), as well as genera from the subfamily Zemaciinae (at that point belonging to the family

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), together to form the family Borsoniidae. This re-arrangement was based on anatomical characters and a dataset of molecular sequences of three

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Description

This family is a rather heterogenous group, with wide-ranging varieties in their properties. The medium- to large-sized shells are fusiform to biconic in shape. Their size has a wide range (between 5 mm and 80 mm). The shell can be longitudinally coarsely ribbed, but axial ribs are sometimes obsolete to absent. The smooth

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has a strong (one to three plicae) to obsolete plication upon the middle. This plication varies within genera. In the genus ''

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'' there are two columellar plaits. The

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is elliptical to oval in shape and it has a short to moderately long (e.g. '' Zemacies excelsa'') siphonal canal and a deep anal sinus. The anterior canal has a moderate length and is slightly twisted to the left. The thin outer lip is arcuate. The vestigial or fully developed operculum has a terminal nucleus, and may be missing in some species. The radula is absent in the genus '' Zemacies''. 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
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Genera

* '' Antarctospira'' Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016 * ? '' Apaturris'' Iredale, 1917 * '' Aphanitoma'' Bellardi, 1875 * '' Asthenotoma'' Harris & Burrows, 1891 * '' Austroturris'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Awateria'' Suter, 1917 * '' Bathytoma'' Harris & Burrows, 1891 * '' Belaturricula'' Powell, 1951 * ''

Borsonella ''Borsonella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae. Description (Original description) The shell has a small, blunt nucleus of one or two whorls. The sculpture is chiefly spiral, feeble, except for one ...

'' Dall, 1908 * '' Borsonellopsis'' McLean, 1971 * '' Borsonia'' Bellardi, 1839 * '' Cordieria'' Rouault, 1848 * '' Darbya'' Bartsch, 1934 * '' Diptychophlia'' Berry, 1964 * ''

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'' Locard, 1897 * '' Filodrillia'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Genota'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''

Glyptaesopus ''Glyptaesopus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Borsoniidae Description The small shell is slender and contains 5½ sculptured Whorl (mollusc), whorls with weakly incised Sutur ...

'' Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 * '' Heteroturris'' Powell, 1967 * '' Maoritomella'' Powell, 1942 * '' Microdrillia'' Casey, 1903 * '' Ophiodermella'' Bartsch, 1944 * '' Paraborsonia'' Pilsbry, 1922 * '' Phenatoma'' Finlay, 1924 * '' Pulsarella'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Retidrillia'' McLean, 2000 * ''

Suavodrillia ''Suavodrillia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Borsoniidae. Species Species within the genus ''Suavodrillia'' include: * ''Suavodrillia declivis'' (Martens, 1880) * ''Suavodri ...

'' Dall, 1918 * '' Tomopleura'' Casey, 1904 * '' Tropidoturris'' Kilburn, 1986 * ''

Typhlodaphne ''Typhlodaphne'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Borsoniidae. Description The smooth protoconch is bluntly rounded and paucispiral, consisting of two Whorl (mollusc), whorls. The sinus is subsu ...

'' Powell, 1951 * ''

Typhlomangelia ''Typhlomangelia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, ...

'' G.O. Sars, 1878 * '' Zemacies'' Finlay, 1926 ;Genera brought into synonymy : * ''Acrobela'' Thiele, 1925 : synonym of '' Microdrillia'' Casey, 1903 * ''Acropota'' F. Nordsieck, 1977: synonym of '' Microdrillia'' Casey, 1903 * ''Boettgeria'' Peyrot, 1931 : synonym of ''Boettgeriola'' Wenz, 1943 * ''Boettgeriola'' Wenz, 1943 : synonym of '' Borsonia'' Bellardi, 1839 * ''Genotia'' P. Fischer, 1883 : synonym of '' Genota'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''Micantapex'' Iredale, 1936 : synonym of '' Bathytoma'' Harris & Burrows, 1891 * ''Narraweena (gastropod)'' Laseron, 1954 : synonym of '' Maoritomella'' Powell, 1942 * ''Oligotoma'' Bellardi, 1875 : synonym of '' Asthenotoma'' Harris & Burrows, 1891 * ''Parabathytoma'' Shuto, 1961 : synonym of '' Bathytoma'' Harris & Burrows, 1891 * ''Riuguhdrillia'' Oyama, 1951 : synonym of '' Bathytoma'' Harris & Burrows, 1891 * ''Vexithara'' Finlay, 1926 : synonym of ''

'' G.O. Sars, 1878 * ''Viridoturris'' Powell, 1964 : synonym of ''

'' G.O. Sars, 1878

References

External links

Gastropods.com: Borsoniidae; accessed : 12 August 2011
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