Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Alternative spellings: Epalxis (Bathytoma), Genotia (Bathytoma), Pleurotoma (Bathytoma), Turris (Bathytoma)
Invalid subtaxa: Dolichotoma Bellardi 1877 [replaced name], Pleurotoma (Dolichotoma) Bellardi 1877 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Borsoniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Aldrich 1911, Arnold 1903, Baluk 2003, Beu et al. 1990, Harris and Palmer 1947, Marasti 1973, Nomland 1916, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1921, Vredenburg 1925, Wenz 1938, Wienrich and Janssen 2007 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxon: Zemacies
Subtaxa: Bathytoma boundeyi Bathytoma cataphracta Bathytoma clarkiana Bathytoma granata Bathytoma haasti Bathytoma hetzeli Bathytoma nonplicata Bathytoma pacifica Bathytoma tesohensis Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) marieana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Belgium (1), Denmark (2), Germany (28), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (4), New Zealand (11), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (5), Hungary (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), United States (15: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (18: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Texas)
• Paleocene of Poland (2), United States (1: California)
Total: 118 collections including 128 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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