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Bathymophila alabida

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Bathymophila alabida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Bathymophila
Species:
B. alabida
Binomial name
Bathymophila alabida
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Archiminolia alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
  • Microgaza alabida (Marshall, 1979)
  • Solariella (Microgaza) alabida Marshall, 1979 original description

Bathymophila alabida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Description

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The size of the shell attains 12 mm (0.5 in).

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Zealand (off the Three Kings Rise and the Kermadec Ridge) and New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2013). Bathymophila alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740724 on 2013-11-14
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979: The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552 (p. 532)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999: A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. The Nautilus 113: 4-42 (p. 24)
  • Williams, S. T.; Smith, L. M.; Herbert, D. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Warén, A.; Kiel, S.; Dyal, P.; Linse, K.; Vilvens, C.; Kano, Y. (2013). "Cenozoic climate change and diversification on the continental shelf and slope: Evolution of gastropod diversity in the family Solariellidae (Trochoidea)". Ecology and Evolution. 3 (4): 887–917. doi:10.1002/ece3.513. PMC 3631403. PMID 23610633.
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