Biology:Bathytoma solomonensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Bathytoma solomonensis 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 40 mm.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma solomonensis 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=536668 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 ☰ Q13436653 entry