''Boonea suoana'' is a

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of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in 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 micr ...

, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the

Boonea ''Boonea'' is a small genus of small sea snails, 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&id=397023 on ...

genus of gastropods.WoRMS (2010). ''Boonea suoana'' Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457608 on 2011-10-26

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of Japan in the

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References

* Hori, S. & Nakamura, Y. (1999). T''wo new species of the Pyramidellidae (Orthogastropoda: Heterobranchia) parasitic on bivalves in Yamaguchi Prefecture.''; Jap. Jour. Malac. (4) 58 : 165-174

External links

To Encyclopedia of Life

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1999 {{Pyramidellidae-stub