''Bathymophila'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Solariellidae
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.
Previously ''Bathymophila'' was brought under the subfamily Margaritinae, because of the resemblance of its shell with ''
Margarites
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This genus belonged previously to the subfamily Margaritinae in the family Turbinidae.
Description
This genus consists of small species of variab ...
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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
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Solariellidae
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