Bathytoma consors

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

Bathytoma consors
Shell of Bathytoma consors (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. consors
Binomial name
Bathytoma consors
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.

Description

The height of this species attains 46 mm.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma consors Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536665 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


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