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

Description The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

Vera-Pelaez. 2004, Contribution al conocimiento del genero Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891 (Gastropoda, Turridae, Borsoniinae) en Japon, Taiwan y Filipinas con la description de tres especies nuevas; Pliocenica, 4 : 107-125

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. Biodiversity and Systematics 8(3): 371-394. page(s): 379

External links

MNHN, Paris: Bathytoma tippetti