Bathytoma visagei
Bathytoma visagei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Bathytoma visagei | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Bathytoma visagei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. visagei |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma visagei Kilburn, 1973 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.
References
- Bathytoma visagei Kilburn, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma and Conus. Annals of the Natal Museum. 21(3): 557-578.
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