Bathytoma

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Bathytoma
Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
File:Bathytoma luehdorfi 001.jpg
Shell of Bathytoma luehdorfi (Lischke, 1872)
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Bathytoma

Harris & Burrows, 1891
Type species
Bathytoma cataphractus Brocchi, G.B., 1814
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathytoma (Parabathytoma) Shuto, 1961
  • Micantapex Iredale, 1936
  • Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
  • Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951

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Bathytoma is a genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 55.8 to 0.781 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Bathytoma include: [2][3]

File:Borsoniidae - Bathytoma cataphracta-001.JPG
Fossil shell of Bathytoma cataphracta from Pliocene of Italy
Species brought into synonymy
  • Bathytoma biconica Hedley, 1903 : synonym of Benthofascis biconica (Hedley, 1903)
  • Bathytoma colorata Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 : synonym of Gemmuloborsonia colorata (Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001)
  • Bathytoma gratiosa Suter, 1908 : synonym of Fenestrosyrinx gratiosa (Suter, 1908)
  • Bathytoma sarcinula Hedley, 1905 : synonym of Benthofascis sarcinula (Hedley, 1905)
  • Bathytoma tremperiana (Dall, 1911) : synonym of Megasurcula tremperiana (Dall, 1911)
  • Subgenus Bathytoma (Parabathytoma) Shuto, 1961 represented as Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891
  • Bathytoma (Parabathytoma) helenae Kilburn, 1974 represented as Bathytoma helenae Kilburn, 1974
  • Bathytoma (Parabathytoma) visagei Kilburn, 1973 represented as Bathytoma visagei Kilburn, 1973

References

  • Puillandre N., Sysoev A.V., Olivera B.M., Couloux A. & Bouchet P. (2010) Loss of planktotrophy and speciation: geographical fragmentation in the deep-water gastropod genus Bathytoma (Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the western Pacific. Biodiversity and Systematics 8(3): 371-394

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