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, 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 inculta 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), United States (2: California)

• 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: 35 collections including 44 occurrences

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