Bathytoma_prior
Bathytoma prior
Extinct species of gastropod
Bathytoma prior is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Quick Facts Bathytoma prior, Scientific classification ...
| Bathytoma prior | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. prior |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma prior (Vella, 1954) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Micapantex murdochi prior Vella, 1954 | |
Close
This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .
The height of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 9 mm.
![[icon]](./File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2016) |
- Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma prior (Vella, 1954) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831610 on 2016-02-22
- P Vella, Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa; Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1954
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
This Borsoniidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |