Borsoniidae
Encyclopedia
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family
of small to medium-sized sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea
.
In 2011, Bouchet
, Kantor et al. brought genera from the subfamilies Clathurellinae
and Raphitominae
(at that point belonging to the family Conidae) and genera from the subfamily Zemaciinae
(at that point belonging to the family Turridae
) together in a new family Borsoniidae. This was based on anatomical characters and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene
fragments
is elliptical to oval in shape and it has a short to moderately long (e.g. Zemacies excelsa
) siphonal canal
and a deep anal sinus. The operculum
has a terminal nucleus, and may be missing in some species. The radula
is absent in the genus Zemacies
.
Genera brought into synonymy :
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of small to medium-sized sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea
Conoidea
Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered by one authority to contain 4,000 named living species...
.
In 2011, Bouchet
Philippe Bouchet
Philippe Bouchet is a French scientist, a zoologist whose primary scientific field of study is malacology. He is a senior professor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and is head of the Malacology laboratory and the Taxonomy Collections Unit there...
, Kantor et al. brought genera from the subfamilies Clathurellinae
Clathurellinae
Clathurellinae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.In 2011 this subfamily was split into three new families: Borsoniidae, Mitromorphidae and Clathurellidae - Genera :...
and Raphitominae
Raphitominae
Raphitominae is a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.-Genera:* Acrobela Thiele, 1925* Bellardiella Tapparone Canefri, 1883* Buccinaria Kittl, 1887* Daphnella Hinds, 1844...
(at that point belonging to the family Conidae) and genera from the subfamily Zemaciinae
Zemaciinae
The Zemaciinae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae, commonly named turrids.- Genera :Genera in the subfamily Zemaciinae include:*Zemacies H. J. Finlay, 1926...
(at that point belonging to the family Turridae
Turridae
Turridae, , is a large taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, that vary in size from minute to moderately large. With more than 4,000 species, the Turridae is the largest mollusk family and group of marine caenogastropods...
) together in a new family Borsoniidae. This was based on anatomical characters and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
fragments
Description
This family is a rather heterogenous group, with wide ranging varieties in their properties. The shell is fusiform to biconic in shape. Its size has a wide range (between 5 mm and 80 mm). The shell is longitudinally coarsely ribbed, but axial ribs are sometimes obsolete to absent. The columella has a strong to obsolete plication upon the middle. In the genus Cordiera there are two columellar plaits. The apertureAperture (mollusc)
The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....
is elliptical to oval in shape and it has a short to moderately long (e.g. Zemacies excelsa
Zemacies excelsa
Zemacies excelsa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.-External links:*...
) siphonal canal
Siphonal canal
Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is drawn into the mantle cavity and over the gill and which serves as a chemoreceptor to locate food. In many carnivorous snails, where the siphon is particularly long, the structure...
and a deep anal sinus. The operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
has a terminal nucleus, and may be missing in some species. The radula
Radula
The radula is an anatomical structure that is used by molluscs for feeding, sometimes compared rather inaccurately to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters the esophagus...
is absent in the genus Zemacies
Zemacies
Zemacies is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae-Species:Species within the genus Zemacies include:* Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001* Zemacies queenslandica...
.
Genera
- ? Apaturris Iredale, 1917
- Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875
- Asthenotoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
- Austroturris Laseron, 1954
- Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
- BelaturriculaBelaturriculaBelaturricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Species:Species within the genus Belaturricula include:* Belaturricula antarctica Dell, 1990* Belaturricula dissimilis...
Powell, 1951 - BorsonellaBorsonellaBorsonella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Species:Species within the genus Borsonella include:* Borsonella abrupta McLean & Poorman, 1971* Borsonella agassizii...
Dall, 1908 - Borsonellopsis McLean, 1971
- BorsoniaBorsoniaBorsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Description:The fusiform shell has an elevated spire and a well-marked siphonal canal. The columella has one or two strong plications...
Bellardi, 1839 - Cordieria Rouault, 1848
- Darbya Bartsch, 1934
- Diptychophlia Berry, 1964
- Diptychoplia Berry, 1964
- DrilliolaDrilliolaDrilliola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Drilliola include:* Drilliola emendata...
Locard, 1897 - Filodrillia Hedley, 1922
- Genota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- ? GlyptaesopusGlyptaesopusGlyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae-Species:Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:* Glyptaesopus phylira * Glyptaesopus proctorae...
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 - Heteroturris Powell, 1967
- Maoritomella Powell, 1942
- Microdrillia Casey, 1903
- OphiodermellaOphiodermellaOphiodermella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Species:Species within the genus Ophiodermella include:* Ophiodermella akkeshiensis * Ophiodermella cancellata...
Bartsch, 1944 - Paraborsonia Pilsbry, 1922
- PhenatomaPhenatomaPhenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Species:Species within the genus Phenatoma include:* Phenatoma crassispiralis Marwick, 1929* Phenatoma novaezelandiae...
Finlay, 1924 - Pulsarella Laseron, 1954
- Retidrillia McLean, 2000
- SuavodrilliaSuavodrilliaSuavodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Species:Species within the genus Suavodrillia include:* Suavodrillia declivis * Suavodrillia kennicotti...
Dall, 1918 - TomopleuraTomopleuraTomopleura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Description:The fusiform shell is light-built with a deep, reverse "U-shaped" anal sinus on the shoulder slope and a tall, straight-sided conical spire. The apex is truncate. The sculpture of the shell shows...
Casey, 1904 - Tropidoturris Kilburn, 1986
- TyphlodaphneTyphlodaphneTyphlodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Species:Species within the genus Typhlodaphne include:* Typhlodaphne corpulenta * Typhlodaphne filostriata...
Powell, 1951 - TyphlomangeliaTyphlomangeliaTyphlomangelia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Typhlomangelia include:* Typhlomangelia adenica Sysoev, 1996...
G.O. Sars, 1878 - ZemaciesZemaciesZemacies is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae-Species:Species within the genus Zemacies include:* Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001* Zemacies queenslandica...
Finlay, 1926
Genera brought into synonymy :
- Acrobela Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Microdrillia Casey, 1903
- Acropota F. Nordsieck, 1977: synonym of Microdrillia Casey, 1903
- Boettgeria Peyrot, 1931 : synonym of Boettgeriola Wenz, 1943
- Boettgeriola Wenz, 1943 : synonym of BorsoniaBorsoniaBorsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.-Description:The fusiform shell has an elevated spire and a well-marked siphonal canal. The columella has one or two strong plications...
Bellardi, 1839 - Genotia P. Fischer, 1883 : synonym of Genota H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Micantapex Iredale, 1936 : synonym of Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
- Narraweena (gastropod) Laseron, 1954 : synonym of Maoritomella Powell, 1942
- Oligotoma Bellardi, 1875 : synonym of Asthenotoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
- Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961 : synonym of Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
- Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951 : synonym of Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
- Vexithara Finlay, 1926 : synonym of TyphlomangeliaTyphlomangeliaTyphlomangelia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Typhlomangelia include:* Typhlomangelia adenica Sysoev, 1996...
G.O. Sars, 1878 - Viridoturris Powell, 1964 : synonym of TyphlomangeliaTyphlomangeliaTyphlomangelia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Typhlomangelia include:* Typhlomangelia adenica Sysoev, 1996...
G.O. Sars, 1878