Bathytoma mitrella

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

Bathytoma mitrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. mitrella
Binomial name
Bathytoma mitrella
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Genota didyma Watson, R.B., 1881
  • Genotia mitrella Dall, 1881
  • Pleurotoma mitrella Dall, 1881

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan (at depths between 823 m and 1170 m), Mexico, and in the Gulf of Mexico; also off the Lesser Antilles.

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gollark: Excess bees are compacted into singularities.
gollark: If this doesn't work awfully, it should send the top bees in for bee things and stick the rest in indefinite storage.
gollark: Automated bee eugenics activated.
gollark: APPARENTLY some of the bees damage blocks.

References
  1. Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.


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