Bathymophila micans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]
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Original drawing of a shell of Bathymophila micans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Solariellidae |
Genus: | Bathymophila |
Species: | B. micans
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Binomial name | |
Bathymophila micans (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
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Synonyms | |
Solariella micans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 |
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 7½ mm. The rather thin shell is narrowly perforated and has a trochiform shape. The white surface is very shining with nacreous reflections. The conic spire occupies half of the length. It contains five slightly convex whorls, separated by a well-marked suture. At the top of each whorl, close to the suture, there is a very narrow, decurrent zone with many longitudinal striae. These end at the angle at the limit of the zone in a series of small tubercles. The rest of the surface shows feeble growth lines. At the base of the body whorl there is a very feeble granular row bordering the umbilical region. The aperture is subquadrangular. The broad columella is feebly arcuate and ends with a blunt tooth. The outer lip is thin.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in European waters at bathyal depths (861 m to 1385 m) off the Azores; also on the Galicia Bank (Northeast Atlantic Ocean)
References
edit- ^ Bathymophila micans (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2018.
- ^ S. Williams: Bathymophila micans
- ^ Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888–1895. 1. Mollusques Gastropodes.; Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 395–498, pl. 15–22 (described as Solariella micans)
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