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

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off New Caledonia.

Description

The height of this species varies between 40 mm and 44 mm.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma neocaledonica 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=536669 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
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