Bathytoma_paratractoides

<i>Bathytoma paratractoides</i>

Bathytoma paratractoides

Species of gastropod


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

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.

Description

The height of this species varies between 47 mm and 52 mm. This species is very similar to Bathytoma atractoides (Watson, 1881) from the Philippines, mainly distinguished by their relative diameter/height ratio.


References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma paratractoides 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=536659 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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