Borsonia Bellardi 1839 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Alternative spelling: Pleurotoma (Borsonia)

Parent taxon: Borsoniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Arnold 1903, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, MacNeil 1960, Mansfield 1925, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Wienrich and Janssen 2007

Sister taxon: Zemacies

Subtaxa: Borsonia aguilae Borsonia cocoensis Borsonia germeraadi Borsonia lineata Borsonia peruviana Borsonia uniplicata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Panama (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Germany (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (4), the Netherlands (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Mexico (2)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (2), France (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Greenland (1), Poland (2)

Total: 33 collections including 42 occurrences

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