Bathytoma helenae

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Bathytoma helenae
Apertural view of Bathytoma helenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Bathytoma
Species: B. helenae
Binomial name
Bathytoma helenae
Kilburn, 1974
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathytoma (Parabathytoma) helenae Kilburn, 1974
  • Parabathytoma helenae Kilburn, 1974

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

Description

The shell reaches a length of 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

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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 helenae Kilburn, 1974.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1974) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220.
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