Bathytoma episoma

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

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bohol Sea, the Philippines.

Description

The height of this species varies between 55 mm and 80 mm.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma episoma 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=536661 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 episoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: Bathytoma episoma (holotype)