Borsonia symbiotes
Species of gastropod
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Borsonia symbiotes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Original drawing of two shells of Borsonia symbiotes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Borsonia |
| Species: | B. symbiotes |
| Binomial name | |
| Borsonia symbiotes (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) | |
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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.