Bathymophila valentia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Solariellidae |
Genus: | Bathymophila |
Species: | B. valentia
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Binomial name | |
Bathymophila valentia (Marshall, 1999)[1]
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Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 8.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Three Kings Rise at depths between 1210 m and 1570 m.
References
edit- ^ Marshall (1999). The Nautilus 113 (1) : 4–42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ Bathymophila valentia Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.