Bathytoma mitrella
| Bathytoma mitrella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. mitrella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bathytoma mitrella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 12.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan (at depths between 823 m and 1170 m), Mexico, and in the Gulf of Mexico; also off the Lesser Antilles.
References
- 1 2 Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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