Biology:Bathytoma consors
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Bathytoma consors | |
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Shell of Bathytoma consors (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Bathytoma |
Species: | B. consors
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Binomial name | |
Bathytoma consors Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010
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Bathytoma consors 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 46 mm. The shell is off-white in color with brown stripes spiraling up the shell. the shell of Bathytoma consors is rough to the touch with the shell being bumpy similar to other species of its genus.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma consors Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536665 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
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13436644 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathytoma consors.
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