Family BORNELLIDAE Bergh, 1874

Family Bornellidae. Bornella stellifer.(from Beesley, Ross & Wells 1998) [S. Weidland]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bornellidae Bergh, L.S.R. 1874. Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee. 2. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 2(6): 91-116.

Introduction

This family contains species with a narrow elongate body in which the mantle skirt is completely absent. Several pairs of dorsal papillae are present along the dorso-lateral margins of the body.
Many species of the genus Bornella are described from the tropical Indo-West Pacific, and in Australia this genus only occurs in the tropics. Their ecology and behaviour is little known. Some are able to swim rather non-directionally by lateral flexion of the body.

[Compiled from Beesley et. al. (1998)]

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [1002]

History of changes