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Bathytoma wairarapaensis

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Bathytoma wairarapaensis
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. wairarapaensis
Binomial name
Bathytoma wairarapaensis
(Vella, 1954)

Bathytoma wairarapaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1] As the species name implies, it was described from the Wairarapa.

Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found from fossils endemic to New Zealand. The fossils date back to the end of the Cenozoic era.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 15.5 mm.

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma wairarapaensis Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831600 on 2016-02-22