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Bathytoma paratractoides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Bathytoma paratractoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Southwestern Pacific off the Solomon Islands.

Description

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.

References

Bathytoma paratractoides Wikipedia