Bathytoma parengonia
Bathytoma parengonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Bathytoma parengonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. parengonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma parengonia (Dell, 1956) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to the Chatham Rise, New Zealand.
References
- Bathytoma parengonius (Dell, 1956). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition-part VIII. The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,15: 388-475.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. 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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