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

Bathytoma filaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Bathytoma
Species:
B. filaris
Binomial name
Bathytoma filaris
(Marwick, 1931)

Distribution

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This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand .

Description

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References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Bathytoma filaris (Marwick, 1931) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831602 on 2016-02-17
  • Marwick, J. 1931: The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand; Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 13: 177 p.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.