Bathytoma parengonia

Bathytoma parengonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Bathytoma
Species: B. parengonia
Binomial name
Bathytoma parengonia
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bathytoma (Riuguhdrillia) parengonia (Dell, 1956) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Micantapex parengonius Dell, 1956
  • Pleurotoma (Genota) engonia Watson, 1881

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to the Chatham Rise, New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 Bathytoma parengonius (Dell, 1956).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
  • Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition-part VIII. The Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,15: 388-475.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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