Bathytoma hedlandensis

Bathytoma hedlandensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. hedlandensis
Binomial name
Bathytoma hedlandensis
Tippett & Kosuge, 1994

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

Description

The shell reaches a length of 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Hedland, Australia.

References

  • Tippett, D.L. & Kosuge, S. (1994) Descriptions of a new species and a recently described species of the genus Bathytoma from the West Australia and the Philippines (Gastropoda Turridae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology Tokyo, 3, 19โ€“21, pls. 8โ€“9.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308[link removed]
  • "Bathytoma hedlandensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.