Bathytoma punicea
Appearance
Bathytoma punicea | |
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Shell of Bathytoma punicea (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Bathytoma |
Species: | B. punicea
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Binomial name | |
Bathytoma punicea Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010
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Bathytoma punicea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.
Description
[edit]The height of this species attains 43 mm.
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma punicea 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=536667 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
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