Boonea seminuda explained

Boonea seminuda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^{[1] [2]}

The preferred host of this ectoparasite is the common slipper shell Crepidula fornicata or the Atlantic bay scallop Argopecten irradians.^[3]

Description

The glossy white, shell is translucent. Its length measures 3.75 mm. The teleoconch contains seven convex whorls. Those of the spire and upper half of the body are longitudinally plicate. They are crossed by three spiral lines, giving a granulated appearance. The folds terminate at the periphery. Below it on the body whorl are four spiral striae. The suture is distinct, but indistinctly margined. The columellar fold is inconspicuous.^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:

• North West Atlantic Ocean, including Gulf of Maine
• Caribbean Sea (Colombia)
• Gulf of Mexico (Mexico)

References

• Adams, C. B. (1839). Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species. Boston Journal of Natural History 2: 262–288, pl. 4
• Dall, W. H. (1884). On a collection of shells sent from Florida by Mr. Henry Hemphill. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6(384) 318–342, pl. 10
• Bartsch, P. (1909). Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 34: 67–113, pls. 11–14
• Henderson, J. B. and P. Bartsch. (1914). Littoral marine mollusks of Chincoteague Island, Virginia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2055) 411–421, pls. 13–14

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

Notes and References

1. Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839) . 2024 . 420438 . Marine Mollusca . 22 March 2024.
2. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
3. Robertson . Robert . Mau-Lastovicka . Terry . The ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae) . The Biological Bulletin . 1979 . 157 . 2 . 320–333 . 10.2307/1541058 . 1541058 . en . 0006-3185.
4. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1886 (described as Odostomia seminuda)