Bathytoma belaeformis

Bathytoma belaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Bathytoma
Species:	B. belaeformis
Binomial name
	Bathytoma belaeformis; (Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms [1]
	Micantapex belaeformis(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903); Pleurotoma (Genotia) belaeformisSowerby III, 1903;

Last updated March 13, 2019

Bathytoma belaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in salt water, in other words marine gastropods. The taxonomic class Gastropoda also includes snails that live in other habitats, such as land snails and freshwater snails. Many species of sea snails are edible and exploited as food sources by humans.

Family is one of the eight major hierarcical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".

Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.

Description

The length of the shell is 23 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Point, Republic of South Africa.

Cape Point Headland in the Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Point is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent in the Republic of South Africa. Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town are close to the northern extremity of the same peninsula. The cape is located at 34°21′26″S18°29′51″E, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the southwest corner. Although these two rocky capes are very well known, neither cape is actually the southernmost point of the mainland of Africa; that is Cape Agulhas, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) to the east-southeast. Cape point is closed on Christmas, the Day of Goodwill and New Year’s Day. Opening times are from 6:00-18:00.

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References

1 2 Bathytoma belaeformis (Sowerby III, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.

Sowerby, G. B. III, 1903. Mollusca of South Africa. Mar. Invest. S. Afr. 2: 213-232.

External links

"Micantapex belaeformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Bathytoma belaeformis (Sowerby III, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.