Bathytoma bartrumi
| Bathytoma bartrumi | |
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| A Satellite image of New Zealand in December 2002 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. bartrumi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma bartrumi Laws, 1939
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Bathytoma bartrumi is an extinct species of shallow marine sea snail in the family Borsoniidae.[1] The species B. bartrumi was discovered in 1939 by Laws.
Distribution[edit]
Bathytoma bartrumi was endemic to the island country of New Zealand in sea weir and shallow sea environments.
Description[edit]
The height of the shell varies between 35 millimeters and 60 millimeters. Adults of the species Bathytoma bartrumi made locomotion by using their mucus-mediated slips. Bathytoma bartumi also had a body symmetry which was dextrally coiled.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma bartrumi Laws, 1939 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831594 on 14 February 2016
- ^ "Bathytoma bartrumi Laws 1939 verisi - Yaşam Ansiklopedisi". eol.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links[edit]
- Laws, C. R. (1939). The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 68: 466-503, pls 62-67.
- A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27