''Bathyacmaea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of deep-sea
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...
,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the family
Pectinodontidae
Pectinodontidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails or true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea, the true limpets.Lottioidea
Taxonomy
This family was previously ranked as subfamily Pectinodo ...
. Species in this genus inhabit the dark,
chemosynthesis
In biochemistry, chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon-containing molecules (usually carbon dioxide or methane) and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds (e.g., hydrogen gas, hydrog ...
-based marine
communities of ocean vents and
cold seep
A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where seepage of fluids rich in hydrogen sulfide, methane, and other hydrocarbons occurs, often in the form of a brine pool. ''Cold'' does not mean that the temperature ...
s near Japan.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bathyacmaea'' include:
[Bouchet, P. (2013). Bathyacmaea Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391494 on 2013-09-26]
* ''
Bathyacmaea becki''
S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2017
* ''
Bathyacmaea jonassoni''
Beck, 1996
* ''
Bathyacmaea kanesunosensis''
(Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003)
* † ''
Bathyacmaea kimberleyae''
(Saether, C. Little, B. A. Marshall & K. C. Campbell, 2012)
* ''
Bathyacmaea lactea''
S. Q. Zhang, J. L. Zhang & S. P. Zhang, 2016
* ''
Bathyacmaea nadinae''
L. Beck, 2023
* ''
Bathyacmaea nipponica''
Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992
* ''
Bathyacmaea subnipponica''
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
;Synonyms:
* ''Bathyacmaea austrina''
S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020 synonym of ''Bathyacmaea nipponica''
Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Bathyacmaea brevidentata''
S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020: synonym of ''Bathyacmaea nipponica''
Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Bathyacmaea secunda''
Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993: synonym of ''Bathyacmaea nipponica''
Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992
* ''Bathyacmaea tertia''
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003: synonym of ''Bathyacmaea nipponica''
Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992
References
* Chen C. & Sigwart J.D., 2023. - The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. Zootaxa 5270(3): 401-436
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Pectinodontidae