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

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

Description edit

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

Distribution edit

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

References edit

  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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