Bathytoma murdochi
| Bathytoma murdochi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. murdochi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bathytoma murdochi is a recent and fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Tasmania
Description
The height of the biconic shell varies between 23 mm and 27 mm.
References
- 1 2 Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598991 on 2016-02-14
External links
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
- A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27
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