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Borsonia symbiotes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Borsonia symbiotes

Borsonia symbiotes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

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Description

The height of the shell attains 70 mm. The shell is remarkable for its peculiar glistening white outer layer, with which it is most beautifully contrasted the pale cinnamon interior.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Laccadives and off East India, Malaya and Indonesia.

References

Borsonia symbiotes Wikipedia