Bathytoma atractoides

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Bathytoma atractoides
Apertural view of Bathytoma attractoides boholica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Bathytoma
Species: B. atractoides
Binomial name
Bathytoma atractoides
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma atractoides Watson, 1881

Bathytoma atractoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 39 mm and 75 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; along West Australia and in Oceania.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bathytoma atractoides (Watson, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
  • 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. Biodiversity and Systematics 8(3): 371-394.


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