Bathytoma nonplicata

Bathytoma nonplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Bathytoma
Species: B. nonplicata
Binomial name
Bathytoma nonplicata

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to the Eocene of the United States (Alabama, Louisiana, Texas) in the age range between 48.6 Ma to 37.2 Ma

Description

This species is considered an epifaunal carnivore.

References

  1. ↑ Fossilworks: Bathytoma nonplicata


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