Bathytoma profundis

Bathytoma profundis
Original drawing of a shell of Bathytoma lacertosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species: B. profundis
Binomial name
Bathytoma profundis
(Laseron, 1954)
Synonyms[1]

Micantapex profundis Laseron, 1954

Bathytoma profundis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria) and New Zealand.

References


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