Boonea
| Boonea | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Boonea cincta, by W. H. Dall. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Boonea Robertson, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| Jaminia seminuda C.B. Adams, 1839 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Odostomia (Boonea) Robertson, 1978 | |
Boonea is a small
mollusks.[2]
This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Odostomiinae, of the family Pyramidellidae (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
North American waters, Hudson Bay
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
ectoparasites
.
The species Crassostrea virginica (Wilson, Powell & Ray, 1988)
Species
There are eleven known species within the genus Boonea, these include the following:
- Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822)[3]
- Carpenter, 1864)[4]
- Boonea impressa (Say, 1822)[5]
- Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)[6]
- Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999[7]
- Boonea okamurai Hori & Okutani, 1996
- Boonea scymnocelata Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009[8]
- Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)[9] - type species, as Jaminia seminuda
- Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900)[10]
- Boonea suoana Hori & Nakamura, 1999[11]
- Boonea umboniocola Hori and Okutani, 1995 [12]
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Drawing of a shell specimen of Boonea bisuturalis, by G. W. Tryon. -
Drawing of a shell specimen of Boonea impressa. -
Drawing of a shell specimen of Boonea seminuda.
References
- JSTOR 1540958. page 364.
- ^ 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
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397024 on 2011-03-14
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Boonea cincta (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397025 on 2011-03-14
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea impressa (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420437 on 2011-03-14
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532447 on 2011-03-14
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457607 on 2011-03-14
- ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Boonea scymnocelata Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457179 on 2011-03-14
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420438 on 2011-03-14
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420439 on 2011-03-14
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Boonea suoana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457608 on 2011-03-14
- ^ 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[permanent dead link]
Further reading
- Adams, C. B. (1839). "Observations on some species of marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species". Boston Journal of Natural History. 2: 262–288, pl. 4.
- Wilson, E. A.; Powell, E. N. & Ray, S. M. (1988). "The effect of the ectoparasitic pyramidellid snail, Boonea impressa, on the growth and health of oysters, Crassostrea virginica , under field conditions". Fishery Bulletin. 86 (3): 553–566.