Bathytoma prodicia
Species of gastropod
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Bathytoma prodicia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Bathytoma prodicia | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Bathytoma prodicia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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Parabathytoma prodicia Kilburn, 1986 | |
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East and South Africa (Southern Mozambique to Zanzibar)
