Bathybembix drakei

Bathybembix drakei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Bathybembix
Species: B. drakei
Binomial name
Bathybembix drakei
Dell, 1990 [1]

Bathybembix drakei is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 23.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Drake Passage, Antarctica at a depth of 3400 m.

References

  1. Dell, R. K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca, with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27: iv + 311 pp
  2. Bathybembix drakei Dell, 1990.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.

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