Bathytoma lacertosus facts for kids
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The Bathytoma lacertosus is a fascinating type of sea snail. It's a marine gastropod, which means it's a kind of mollusk that lives in the ocean and has a shell. This particular snail belongs to the family called Borsoniidae.
What Does the Bathytoma lacertosus Look Like?
The shell of the Bathytoma lacertosus is quite small. It can grow up to 13 millimeters (about half an inch) long and 7 millimeters wide.
This snail's shell has a unique shape, like two cones joined together. It has six whorls, which are the turns or spirals of the shell. The very first two whorls are part of its earliest growth, called the protoconch.
The shell is often a salmon-buff color, which is a pale orange-pink. It has cream-colored ribs. You might also see small reddish-brown dots and larger square spots between these ribs. The ribs themselves are low and stick out sharply from the "shoulder" of the shell. There are about nine of these ribs on the main part of the shell.
Sometimes, thin, curved layers extend from these ribs. You can also see fine lines that show how the shell grew over time. The shell also has faint spiral lines, which are harder to see on the shoulder but become clearer towards the tip of the shell.
Where Does the Bathytoma lacertosus Live?
This sea snail lives in the demersal zone of the Southwest Pacific Ocean. The demersal zone is the part of the ocean that is close to the seabed. You can find this snail off the coasts of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.
