Bathytoma proavita

Bathytoma proavita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Bathytoma
Species:	B. proavita
Binomial name
	Bathytoma proavita; (Powell, 1942)

Last updated August 24, 2025

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .

References

↑ Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma proavita (Powell, 1942) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831611 on 2016-02-16

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.
Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.

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[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma proavita (Powell, 1942) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831611 on 2016-02-16

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