Bathytoma paratractoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Shell of Bathytoma paratractoides (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
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. paratractoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathytoma paratractoides Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.
Description edit
The height of this species varies between 47 mm and 52 mm. This species is very similar to Bathytoma atractoides (Watson, 1881) from the Philippines, mainly distinguished by their relative diameter/height ratio.
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References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Bathytoma paratractoides Puillandre, Sysoev, Olivera, Couloux & Bouchet, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536659 on 2016-02-15
- 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. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(3): 371-394