Boonea

Boonea
Apertural view of the shell of Boonea cincta, by W. H. Dall.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Boonea
Robertson, 1978[1]
Type species
Jaminia seminuda C.B. Adams, 1839
Synonyms[2]

Odostomia (Boonea) Robertson, 1978

Boonea is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks.[2]

This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Odostomiinae, of the family Pyramidellidae (according to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)).

  1. ^ Robertson R. (1978). "Spermatophores of six eastern North American pyramidellid gastropods and their systematic significance (with the new genus Boonea)". Biological Bulletin. 155 (2): 360–382. doi:10.2307/1540958. JSTOR 1540958. page 364.
  2. ^ a b 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