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Bathytoma mitrella

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Bathytoma mitrella
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. mitrella
Binomial name
Bathytoma mitrella
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Genota didyma Watson, R.B., 1881
  • Genotia mitrella Dall, 1881
  • Pleurotoma mitrella Dall, 1881

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

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 12.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan (at depths between 823 m and 1170 m), Mexico, and in the Gulf of Mexico; also off the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bathytoma mitrella (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.