Bathymophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.[2]
| Bathymophila | |
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| Bathymophila micans shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Bathymophila Dall, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| Margarites euspira Dall, 1881
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Previously Bathymophila was brought under the subfamily Margaritinae, because of the resemblance of its shell with Margarites Gray, 1847
Description
editThe shell has a broad flattened columella, which has a blunt tooth, rough or granulated, at its end.[3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Bathymophila include:
- Bathymophila aages Vilvens, 2009[4]
- Bathymophila alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
- Bathymophila asphala Marshall, 1999[5]
- Bathymophila bairdii (Dall, 1889)
- Bathymophila callomphala (Schepman, 1908)[6]
- Bathymophila dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
- Bathymophila diadema (B. A. Marshall, 1999)
- Bathymophila euspira (Dall, 1881)
- Bathymophila gravida Marshall, 1999[7]
- Bathymophila micans (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896) [8]
- Bathymophila valentia Marshall, 1999[9]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Bathymophila nitens (Dall, 1881):[10] synonym of Bathymophila euspira (Dall, 1881)
- Bathymophila tenorioi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:[11] synonym of Arxellia tenorioi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) (original combination)
References
edit- ^ Dall (1881). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 9: 102.
- ^ a b Bathymophila. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 May 2012.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- ^ Bathymophila aages Vilvens, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ^ Bathymophila asphala Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Bathymophila callomphala (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547333 on 2011-03-22
- ^ Bathymophila gravida Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ^ Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896, Dragages effectue par l'Hirondelle et la Princess Alice. 479-480, pl.20, figs.13,14; Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France v. 9
- ^ Bathymophila valentia Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ^ Dall 1881, Preliminary Report of dredgings by USS Blake 44, 102; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v. 9 p. 1-144
- ^ Bathymophila tenorioi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
External links
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