Borsonia ochracea

Borsonia ochracea
Original image of a shell of Borsonia ochracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Borsonia
Species: B. ochracea
Binomial name
Borsonia ochracea
Thiele, 1925

Borsonia ochracea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa from Zanzibar to the Gulf of Aden at depths between 693 m and 1644 m.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Borsonia ochracea Thiele, 1925. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433156 on 2016-03-02


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