Bathytoma prior

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Bathytoma prior is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma prior (Vella, 1954) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831610 on 2016-02-22

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .

Description

The height of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 9 mm.

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References

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  • [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_81/rsnz_81_04_006310.pdf P Vella, Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa; Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1954]
  • 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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Category:Gastropods of New Zealand

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