Bathytoma carnicolor

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

Bathytoma carnicolor
Shell of Bathytoma carnicolor (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. carnicolor
Binomial name
Bathytoma carnicolor
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Description

The height of this marine species attains 60 mm.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma carnicolor Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536663 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
  • "Bathytoma carnicolor". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Bathytoma carnicolor


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