Boonea

Boonea is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks.[2]

Boonea
Apertural view of the shell of Boonea cincta, by W. H. Dall.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Odostomiinae
Genus:	Boonea Robertson, 1978[1]
Type species
Jaminia seminuda C.B. Adams, 1839
Synonyms[2]
Odostomia (Boonea) Robertson, 1978

This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Odostomiinae, of the family Pyramidellidae (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 North American waters, Hudson Bay 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 Pyramidellidae sensu lato they are most likely ectoparasites.

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

Species

There are eleven known species within the genus Boonea, these include the following:

• Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822)[3]
• Boonea cincta (Carpenter, 1864)[4]
• Boonea impressa (Say, 1822)[5]
• Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)[6]
• Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999[7]
• Boonea okamurai Hori & Okutani, 1996
• Boonea scymnocelata Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009[8]
• Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)[9] - type species, as Jaminia seminuda
• Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900)[10]
• Boonea suoana Hori & Nakamura, 1999[11]
• Boonea umboniocola Hori and Okutani, 1995 [12]

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  Drawing of a shell specimen of Boonea bisuturalis, by G. W. Tryon.
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  Drawing of a shell specimen of Boonea impressa.
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  Drawing of a shell specimen of Boonea seminuda.

References

1. Robertson R. (1978). "Spermatophores of six eastern North American pyramidellid gastropods and their systematic significance (with the new genus Boonea)". Biological Bulletin. 155 (2): 360–382. doi:10.2307/1540958. JSTOR 1540958. page 364.
2. 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
3. Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397024 on 2011-03-14
4. WoRMS (2010). Boonea cincta (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397025 on 2011-03-14
5. Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea impressa (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420437 on 2011-03-14
6. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532447 on 2011-03-14
7. WoRMS (2010). Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457607 on 2011-03-14
8. Gofas, S. (2010). Boonea scymnocelata Pimenta, Absalão & Miyaji, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457179 on 2011-03-14
9. Bouchet, P. (2011). Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420438 on 2011-03-14
10. WoRMS (2010). Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420439 on 2011-03-14
11. WoRMS (2010). Boonea suoana Hori & Nakamura, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457608 on 2011-03-14
12. Ronald G. Noseworthy, Na-Rae Lim, and Kwang-Sik Choi, A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea; Korean Journal of Malacology, Vol. 23(1): 65-104, June 30, 2007

Further reading

• Adams, C. B. (1839). "Observations on some species of marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species". Boston Journal of Natural History. 2: 262–288, pl. 4.
• Wilson, E. A.; Powell, E. N. & Ray, S. M. (1988). "The effect of the ectoparasitic pyramidellid snail, Boonea impressa, on the growth and health of oysters, Crassostrea virginica , under field conditions". Fishery Bulletin. 86 (3): 553–566.