''Bathymophila'' 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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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of ...
.
Previously ''Bathymophila'' was brought under the subfamily Margaritinae, because of the resemblance of its shell with ''
Margarites
''Margarites'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Margaritidae.
This genus belonged previously to the subfamily Margaritinae in the family Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to larg ...
''
Gray, 1847
Description
The shell has a broad flattened
columella
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, which has a blunt tooth, rough or granulated, at its end.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bathymophila'' include:
* ''
Bathymophila aages''
Vilvens, 2009
* ''
Bathymophila alabida''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* ''
Bathymophila asphala''
Marshall, 1999
* ''
Bathymophila bairdii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Bathymophila callomphala''
(Schepman, 1908)
* ''
Bathymophila dawsoni''
(B. A. Marshall, 1979)
* ''
Bathymophila diadema''
(B. A. Marshall, 1999)
* ''
Bathymophila euspira''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''
Bathymophila gravida''
Marshall, 1999
* ''
Bathymophila micans''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Bathymophila valentia''
Marshall, 1999
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bathymophila nitens''
(Dall, 1881): synonym of ''
Bathymophila euspira'' (Dall, 1881)
* ''Bathymophila tenorioi''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:
synonym of ''
Arxellia tenorioi''
(Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) (original combination)
References
External links
*
Solariellidae
{{Solariellidae-stub