Bathytoma punicea

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Bathytoma punicea
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Shell of Bathytoma punicea (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. punicea
Binomial name
Bathytoma punicea
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

Bathytoma punicea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.

Description[]

The height of this species attains 43 mm.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma punicea Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536667 on 2016-02-15
  • Puillandre N., Sysoev A.V., Olivera B.M., Couloux A. & Bouchet P. (2010) Loss of planktotrophy and speciation: geographical fragmentation in the deep-water gastropod genus Bathytoma (Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the western Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(3): 371-394

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