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Bathytoma murdochi

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Bathytoma murdochi
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. murdochi
Binomial name
Bathytoma murdochi
Finlay, 1930
Synonyms[1]
  • Bathytoma murdochi murdochi (Finlay, 1930)
  • Bathytoma (Micantapex) murdochi murdochi, Beu & Maxwell 1990
  • Micantapex finlayi Powell, 1940
  • Pleurotoma tuberculata Kirk 1882 (preoccupied, replaced by Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter 1906)
  • Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter 1906 (also preoccupied; replaced by Bathytoma murdochi Finlay 1930)

Bathytoma murdochi is a recent and fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand and Tasmania

Description

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The height of the biconic shell varies between 23 mm and 27 mm.

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bathytoma murdochi Finlay, 1930. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598991 on 2016-02-14
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