Bathytoma carnicolor

Bathytoma carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Bathytoma carnicolor
Shell of Bathytoma carnicolor (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. carnicolor
Binomial name
Bathytoma carnicolor
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Description

The height of this marine species attains 60 mm.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma carnicolor 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=536663 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
  • "Bathytoma carnicolor". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Bathytoma carnicolor


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