Bathytoma stenos

Bathytoma stenos
Shell of Bathytoma stenos (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Bathytoma
Species: B. stenos
Binomial name
Bathytoma stenos
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines (Bohol Sea).

Description

The height of this species varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma stenos. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536660 on 2016-02-15
  • 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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