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Bathytoma cranaos

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Bathytoma cranaos
Shell of Bathytoma cranaos (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
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. cranaos
Binomial name
Bathytoma cranaos
Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.

Description

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The height of this species attains 45 mm.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma cranaos 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=536666 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
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