Bathytoma regnans

Bathytoma regnans
Original drawing of a shell of Bathytoma regnans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species: B. regnans
Binomial name
Bathytoma regnans
Melvill, 1918
Synonyms[1]

Parabathytoma regnans Melvill, 1918

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm, its diameter 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Aden, the Bay of Bengal and off Southern Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Bathytoma regnans Melvill, 1918.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.


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