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Bathytoma bartrumi

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Bathytoma bartrumi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. bartrumi
Binomial name
Bathytoma bartrumi
Laws, 1939

Bathytoma bartrumi is an extinct species of shallow marine sea snail in the family Borsoniidae.[1] The species B. bartrumi was discovered in 1939 by Laws.

Distribution

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Bathytoma bartrumi was endemic to the island country of New Zealand in sea weir and shallow sea environments.

Description

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The height of the shell varies between 35  millimeters and 60  millimeters. Adults of the species Bathytoma bartrumi made locomotion by using their mucus-mediated slips. Bathytoma bartumi also had a body symmetry which was dextrally coiled.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma bartrumi Laws, 1939 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831594 on 14 February 2016
  2. ^ "Bathytoma bartrumi Laws 1939 verisi - Yaşam Ansiklopedisi". eol.org. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  • 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.
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