Bathytoma bartrumi
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| Bathytoma bartrumi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. bartrumi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma bartrumi Laws, 1939
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Bathytoma bartrumi is an extinct species of shallow marine sea snail in the family Borsoniidae.[1] The species B. bartrumi was discovered in 1939 by Laws.
Distribution
Bathytoma bartrumi was endemic to the island country of New Zealand in sea weir and shallow sea environments.
Description
The height of the shell varies between 35 millimeters and 60 millimeters. Adults of the species Bathytoma bartrumi made locomotion by using their mucus-mediated slips. Bathytoma bartumi also had a body symmetry which was dextrally coiled.[2]
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References
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma bartrumi Laws, 1939 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831594 on 2016-02-14
- ^ "Bathytoma bartrumi Laws 1939 verisi - Yaşam Ansiklopedisi". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
- Laws, C. R. (1939). The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 68: 466-503, pls 62-67.
- 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. 27Error: "Q24997608" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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