Bathytoma viabrunnea
| Bathytoma viabrunnea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae [1] |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. viabrunnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma viabrunnea (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pleurotoma viabrunnea Dall, 1889 | |
Bathytoma viabrunnea, common name the brown-banded turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
References
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.