Bathyliotina armata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Bathyliotina armata (A. Adams, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737791 on 25 August 2013
Description The size of the shell varies from 7 mm to 12 mm. Specimens can be found around 108 meters below sea level.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is turbinate (top-shaped), white, and solid. Its spire is elevated, conical, and features a broad umbilicus. The whorls are convex and longitudinally wrinkled with ridges, bearing closely crowded, wavy lamellae. Furthermore, the whorls are equipped with small transverse keels — four of which are located on the body whorl - and two rows of spines, with the spines themselves being sharply pointed and scaled.
Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Korea Strait, and Japan.
References
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
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