''Bathymophila alabida'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register of ...
.
[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]
Description
The size of the shell attains .
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
New Zealand
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(off the Three Kings Rise and the Kermadec Ridge) and
New Caledonia
)
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References
* 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)
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External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)To World Register of Marine Species*
alabida
Gastropods described in 1979
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