Bathyliotina glassi

Bathyliotina glassi
Two views of a shell of Bathyliotina glassi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Bathyliotina
Species: B. glassi
Binomial name
Bathyliotina glassi
McLean, 1988

Bathyliotina glassi, common name the spiny wheel shell,is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies from 10 mm to 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bathyliotina glassi McLean, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737793 on 2013-08-25

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