Bathytoma mitrella

Bathytoma mitrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Bathytoma
Species:	B. mitrella
Binomial name
	Bathytoma mitrella; (Dall, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
	Genota didyma Watson, R.B., 1881; Genotia mitrella Dall, 1881; Pleurotoma mitrella Dall, 1881;

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan (at depths between 823 m and 1170 m), Mexico, and in the Gulf of Mexico; also off the Lesser Antilles.

References

1 2 Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.

Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.