Bathytoma prior
Bathytoma prior | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Bathytoma |
Species: | B. prior |
Binomial name | |
Bathytoma prior (Vella, 1954) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Micapantex murdochi prior Vella, 1954 |
Bathytoma prior is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Distribution
This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .
Description
The height of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 9 mm.
References
- 1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma prior (Vella, 1954) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831610 on 2016-02-22
- P Vella, Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa; Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1954
- 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.
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