''Boonea'' is a small

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of small

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, pyramidellid

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s.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 This genus is currently placed in the subfamily

Odostomiinae Odostomiinae, ''Odostomia'' snails and their allies, is a taxonomic subfamily of minute parasitic sea snails. These are marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Pyramidellidae. Taxonomy The subfamily Odostomiinae ...

, of the

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Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

(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

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waters,

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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

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, they are most likely

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s. The species ''

Boonea impressa ''Boonea impressa'', common name the impressed odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of twelve known species within the Boonea genus of gas ...

'' is known to be a severe pest of the edible

oyster Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but no ...

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'' (Wilson, Powell & Ray, 1988).

Species

There are thirteen accepted species within ''Boonea'': * '' Boonea bisuturalis'' ( Say, 1822) * '' Boonea cincta'' (

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, 1864) * '' Boonea grutensis'' Güller & Zelaya, 2019 * ''

'' ( Say, 1822) * '' Boonea jadisi'' (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) * '' Boonea kinpana'' Hori & Nakamura, 1999 * '' Boonea multituberculata'' (Castellanos, 1982) * '' Boonea okamurai'' Hori & Okutani, 1996 * ''

Boonea oregonensis ''Boonea'' is a small genus of small sea snails, Pyramidellidae, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea Robertson, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails ...

'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1907) * '' Boonea scymnocelata'' Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009 * '' Boonea seminuda'' (C. B. Adams, 1839) - type species, as ''Jaminia seminuda'' * '' Boonea suoana'' Hori & Nakamura, 1999 * '' Boonea umboniocola'' Hori and Okutani, 1995 Image:Boonea bisuturalis 001.png, Drawing of a shell specimen of '' Boonea bisuturalis'', by G. W. Tryon. Image:Boonea impressa 001.png, Drawing of a shell specimen of ''

''. Image:Boonea seminuda 001.png, Drawing of a shell specimen of '' Boonea seminuda''.

Distribution

Life habits

Species

References

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