Bathytoma hedlandensis explained

Bathytoma hedlandensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

The shell reaches a length of 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Hedland, Australia.

References

• Tippett, D.L. & Kosuge, S. (1994) Descriptions of a new species and a recently described species of the genus Bathytoma from the West Australia and the Philippines (Gastropoda Turridae). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology Tokyo, 3, 19–21, pls. 8–9.
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308