Bathytoma netrion
| Bathytoma netrion | |
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| Shell of Bathytoma netrion (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. netrion |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma netrion | |
Bathytoma netrion is a species of deep water of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1] It was first described in 2010 by a team of researchers let by Puillandre, ysoev, Olivera, Couloux, and Bouchet as part of a broader study on speciation and geographical fragmentation within the genus Bathytoma in the western Pacific. [2]
Taxonomy and classification
Bathytoma netrion belongs to the following taxonomic hierarchy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Subclass: Caenogastropoda
- Order: Neogastropoda
- Superfamily: Conoidea
- Family: Borsoniidae
- Genus: Bathytoma
- Species: Bathytoma netrion Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010
The species name netrion was formally published in the scientific journal Systematics and Biodiversity in 2010.
Distribution and Habitat
Bathytoma netrion is known to occur off Eastern Indonesia. Members of the genus Bathytoma are all known from deep waters, typically ranging from 100 meters to about 1,500 meters depth, but most commonly found between 200–700 meters.
Description
The height of this species attains 35 mm.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma netrion 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=536662 on 2016-02-15
- ↑ https://www.gbif.org/taxon/68FRV
- 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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