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

Bathytoma prodicia
Apertural view of a shell of Bathytoma prodicia
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. prodicia
Binomial name
Bathytoma prodicia
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]

Parabathytoma prodicia Kilburn, 1986

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East and South Africa (Southern Mozambique to Zanzibar)

References

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  1. ^ a b Bathytoma prodicia Kilburn, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
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  • "Parabathytoma prodicia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  • Alexander V. Sysoev, Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34; Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. v.62 # 1 (1996), London