Bathytoma bartrumi

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

Bathytoma bartrumi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. bartrumi
Binomial name
Bathytoma bartrumi
Laws, 1939

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .

Description

The height of the shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma bartrumi Laws, 1939 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831594 on 2016-02-14
  • 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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