Biology:Bathytoma prodicia

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bathytoma prodicia
Bathytoma prodicia 003.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Bathytoma prodicia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. prodicia
Binomial name
Bathytoma prodicia
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]

Parabathytoma prodicia Kilburn, 1986

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East and South Africa (Southern Mozambique to Zanzibar)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bathytoma prodicia Kilburn, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4869236 entry