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Bathymophila

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Bathymophila
Bathymophila micans shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908
  • Margarita (Bathymophila) Dall, 1881 (original rank)
  • Solariella (Ethaliopsis) Schepman, 1908

Bathymophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.[2]

Previously Bathymophila was brought under the subfamily Margaritinae, because of the resemblance of its shell with Margarites Gray, 1847

Description

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The shell has a broad flattened columella, which has a blunt tooth, rough or granulated, at its end.[3]

Species

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Species within the genus Bathymophila include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Dall (1881). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 9: 102.
  2. ^ a b Bathymophila. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  4. ^ Bathymophila aages Vilvens, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  5. ^ Bathymophila asphala Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Bathymophila gravida Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Bathymophila valentia Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  10. ^ 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
  11. ^ Bathymophila tenorioi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
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