Bathytoma regnans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Bathytoma regnans | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Bathytoma regnans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Bathytoma |
| Species: | B. regnans
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma regnans Melvill, 1918
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Parabathytoma regnans Melvill, 1918 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 30 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Aden, the Bay of Bengal and off Southern Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Bathytoma regnans Melvill, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- J.C. Melvill (1918), Description of Bathytoma regnans n.sp. from the Indian Ocean; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. v. 12-13 (1916-1919)
- 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