Bathytoma wairarapaensis

Bathytoma wairarapaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1] As the species name implies, it was described from the Wairarapa.

Bathytoma wairarapaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. wairarapaensis
Binomial name
Bathytoma wairarapaensis
(Vella, 1954)

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found from fossils endemic to New Zealand. The fossils date back to the end of the Cenozoic era.

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 15.5 mm.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma wairarapaensis Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831600 on 2016-02-22


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.