Bathytoma carnicolor

Bathytoma carnicolor
Shell of Bathytoma carnicolor (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Bathytoma
Species:	B. carnicolor
Binomial name
Bathytoma carnicolor Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

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

Distribution

Bathytoma carnicolor occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

Description

The height of this marine species attains around 60 mm on average.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma carnicolor Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536663 on 2016-02-15

• Puillandre N., Sysoev A.V., Olivera B.M., Couloux A. & Bouchet P. (2010) Loss of planktotrophy and speciation: geographical fragmentation in the deep-water gastropod genus Bathytoma (Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the western Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(3): 371-394

External links

• "Bathytoma carnicolor". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: Bathytoma carnicolor