''Bathybembix'' is a
genus
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of deep-water
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the
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Eucyclidae
Eucyclidae is a family of gastropods in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Eucyclidae include:
* '' Amberley ...
.
This genus was originally called ''Bembix'' by
Robert B. Watson (, but as this was a junior homonym of ''
Bembix
''Bembix'' is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.
List of species (Europe)
* '' Bembix bicolor'' Radoszkowski 1877
* '' Bembix bidentata'' Vander Linden 1829
* ...
''
Fabricius, 1775 ymenoptera it was declared invalid. It was renamed in 1893 by
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as ''Bathybembix''
Description
The shell has a conical shape with a high
spire
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. It is carinated and umbilicated. The base of the shell is inflated. The shell is covered with a thin, extremely persistent, smooth, fibrous epidermis, The epidermis swells up and becomes pustulated in water. The axis of the shell is perforated, and the
columella
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is thin, reverted, and merely angulated in front.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bathybembix'' include:
* ''
Bathybembix abyssorum''
(Smith
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, 1891)
* ''
Bathybembix aeola''
(Watson
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, 1879)
* ''
Bathybembix bairdii''
( Dall, 1889)
* ''
Bathybembix delicatula''
Dall, 1990
* ''
Bathybembix drakei''
Dall, 1990
* ''
Bathybembix galapagana''
( Dall, 1908)
* ''
Bathybembix humboldti''
Rehder, 1971
* ''
Bathybembix macdonaldi''
( Dall, 1890)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bathybembix ceratophora''
( Dall, 1896) accepted as ''
Calliotropis ceratophora''
(Dall, 1896)
* B''athybembix equatorialis''
( Dall, 1896) accepted as ''
Calliotropis equatorialis''
(Dall, 1896)
References
* Watson R. B. (1878-1883). ''Mollusca of H. M. S. Challenger Expedition''. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 14: 506–529, 586–605, 692-716
878-1879 15: 87–126, 217–230, 245, 274, 388, 412, 413–455, 457, 475
880-1881 16: 247–254, 324–343, 358–372, 373–392, 494-611
882-1883 17: 26–40, 112–130, 284–293, 319–340, 341-346
* Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) ''The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands''. Visaya Supplement 2: 1–228. page(s): 55
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