Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990)
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  (Pl. 15r): "Wharekuri", Waitaki River, Duntroonian (GNS) |
Beu & Maxwell (1990): Chapter 10; p. 163; pl. 15 r.
Synonymy: B. (Cordieria) mitromorphoides Suter 1917, p. 59
Classification: Turridae: Borsoniinae
Description: Size moderate for subfamily (height 18-23 mm), shape rather variable, some shells (including holotype) with lower spire than figured specimen. Protoconch mamillate, of c. 2 smooth whorls. Teleoconch whorls weakly shouldered below middle on spire; sutural ramp slightly concave; last whorl excavated, with short neck. Axial sculpture of very short costae or nodules between shoulder angle and lower suture, becoming obsolete on later part of last whorl; 9-10 per whorl. Spiral sculpture very subdued, subobsolete on ramp, of fine threads below. Columella slightly convex, bearing 2, or in a few specimens 3, plaits. Outer lip with moderately deep, U-shaped anal sinus on ramp.
Comparison: Borsonia includes fusiform or biconic turrids with a moderately deep, rounded anal sinus on the sutural ramp, and one or two (three in a few species) distinct columellar plaits. The genus has a sporadic record in New Zealand, from Bortonian to Clifdenian. Extant species are bathyal, but fossil species are mostly from moderately shallow-water facies.
Distribution: Duntroonian, Wharekuri Greensand, Wharekuri (type); head of Lake Waitaki (uncommon).
Cite this publication as: "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised
descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS
Science miscellaneous series no. 27."
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