Bathytoma wairarapaensis

Bathytoma wairarapaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species: B. wairarapaensis
Binomial name
Bathytoma wairarapaensis
(Vella, 1954)

Bathytoma wairarapaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1] As the species name implies, it was described from the Wairarapa.

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 15.5 mm.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma wairarapaensis Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831600 on 2016-02-22


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