Boonea

Taxobox
name = "Boonea"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Heterostropha
superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea
familia = Pyramidellidae
subfamilia = Chrysallidinae
genus = "Boonea"
genus_authority = Robertson, 1978
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Boonea" is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is currently placed in the the subfamily Chrysallidinae, of the family Odostomiidae.

Distribution

This genus is only known from North American waters.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato they are most likely ectoparasites.

The species "Boonea impressa" however is know to be a severe pest of the edible oyster "Crassostrea virginica" (Wilson, Powell & Ray, 1988)

pecies within the genus "Boonea"

* "Boonea seminuda" (C. B. Adams, 1839) (type species) (as" Jaminia seminuda")
* "Boonea bisturalis" (Say, 1822)
* "Boonea cincta" (Carpenter, 1864)
* "Boonea impressa" (Say, 1822)
* "Boonea seminula" (C. B. Adams 18??)
* "Boonea sommersi" (Verrill & Bush 1900)
* ...

References

* cite journal
author = Adams, C. B.
year = 1839
date=
title = Observations on some species of marine shells of Massachusetts, with decriptions of five new species
journal = Boston Journal of Natural History
volume = 2
issue =
pages = 262–288, pl. 4
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doi =
* cite journal
author = Robertson, R.
year = 1978
date=
title = Spermatophores of six eastern North American pyramidellid gastropods and their systematic significance (with the new genus "Boonea")
journal = Biological Bulletin
volume = 155
issue = 2
pages = 360–382
doi =10.2307/1540958
* cite journal
author = Wilson, E. A., Powell, E. N. & Ray, S. M.
year = 1988
date=
title = The effect of the ectoparasitic pyramidellid snail, "Boonea impressa" , on the growth and health of oysters, "Crassostrea virginica" , under field conditions
journal = Fishery Bulletin
volume = 86
issue = 3
pages = 553–566
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doi =