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
Family:	Pyramidellidae
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 is known to be a severe pest of the edible oyster Crassostrea virginica (Wilson, Powell & Ray, 1988).

Species

There are thirteen accepted species within Boonea:^[3]

• Boonea bisuturalis (Say, 1822)
• Boonea cincta (Carpenter, 1864)
• Boonea grutensis Güller & Zelaya, 2019
• Boonea impressa (Say, 1822)
• Boonea jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
• Boonea kinpana Hori & Nakamura, 1999
• Boonea multituberculata (Castellanos, 1982)
• Boonea okamurai Hori & Okutani, 1996
• Boonea oregonensis (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

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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.