Bathytoma consors

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

Bathytoma consors
Shell of Bathytoma consors (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. consors
Binomial name
Bathytoma consors
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

Distribution

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

Description

The height of this species attains 46 mm. The shell is off-white in color with brown stripes spiraling up the shell. the shell of Bathytoma consors is rough to the touch with the shell being bumpy similar to other species of its genus.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma consors Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536665 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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