Bathytoma profundis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
| Bathytoma profundis | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Bathytoma lacertosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. profundis
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma profundis (Laseron, 1954)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Micantapex profundis Laseron, 1954 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria) and New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ a b Bathytoma profundis (Laseron, 1954). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 March 2010.
- Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.