Bathytoma mitrella

Last updated

Bathytoma mitrella
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:B. mitrella
Binomial name
Bathytoma mitrella
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms [1]
  • Genota didymaWatson, R.B., 1881
  • Genotia mitrellaDall, 1881
  • Pleurotoma mitrellaDall, 1881

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

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

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 family of molluscs

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

Contents

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan (at depths between 823 m and 1170 m), Mexico, and in the Gulf of Mexico; also off the Lesser Antilles.

Gulf of Mexico An Atlantic Ocean basin extending into southern North America

The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. The U.S. states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida border the Gulf on the north, which are often referred to as the "Third Coast", in comparison with the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Lesser Antilles Archipelago in the Southeast Caribbean

The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most form a long, partly volcanic island arc between the Greater Antilles to the north-west and the continent of South America. The islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles compose the Antilles. When combined with the Lucayan Archipelago, all three are known as the West Indies.

Related Research Articles

<i>Corolla spectabilis</i> species of mollusc

Corolla spectabilis, common name: spectacular corolla, is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail or sea slug, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymbuliidae.

<i>Bathytoma viabrunnea</i> species of mollusc

Bathytoma viabrunnea, common name the brown-banded turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae.

<i>Bathytoma</i> genus of molluscs

Bathytoma is a genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Bailya weberi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.

Gemophos tinctus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.

Mitrella dichroa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Mitrella ocellata, common name the white-spotted dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Nassarius acutus, common name the sharp nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Calliotropis actinophora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

<i>Fluxinella discula</i> species of mollusc

Fluxinella discula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.

Cranopsis asturiana, common name the hawk puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

<i>Fissurella angusta</i> species of mollusc

Fissurella angusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Lamellitrochus pourtalesi is a deep-sea species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Calliostoma jeanneae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Prunum bellulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Plesiothyreus rushii is a species of very small sea snail, a limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae.

Schwartziella chesnelii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.

<i>Zebina browniana</i> species of mollusc

Zebina browniana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.

<i>Distorsio clathrata</i> species of mollusc

Distorsio clathrata, common name the Atlantic distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.

Longchaeus candidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

References

  1. 1 2 Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 August 2011.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.