Bathytoma parengonia

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

Bathytoma parengonia
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. 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

Description

The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • "Bathytoma parengonius". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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