''Bathybela'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, 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
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
It has four described
species
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bathybela'' include:
* ''
Bathybela nudator''
(Locard, 1897)
* ''
Bathybela papyracea''
Waren & Bouchet, 2001
* ''
Bathybela tenelluna''
(Locard, 1897)
;Species brought in to synonymy:
* ''Bathybela costlowi''
Petuch, 1974: synonym of ''
Bathybela tenelluna''
(Locard, 1897)
* ''Bathybela oculifera''
Kantor, Yu.I. & A.V. Sysoev, 1986: synonym of ''
Gymnobela oculifera''
Kantor, Yu.I. & A.V. Sysoev, 1986
* ''Bathybela tenellunum'':
synonym of ''
Bathybela tenelluna''
(Locard, 1897)
References
External links
Dall W.H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 54: 313-333 Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308*
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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