Bathymophila micans
| Bathymophila micans | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Bathymophila micans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Bathymophila |
| Species: | B. micans |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathymophila micans (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Solariella micans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 | |
Bathymophila micans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 7½ mm. The rather thin shell is narrowly perforated and has a trochiform shape. The white surface is very shining with nacreous reflections. The conic spire occupies half of the length. It contains five slightly convex whorls, separated by a well-marked suture. At the top of each whorl, close to the suture, there is a very narrow, decurrent zone with many longitudinal striae. These end at the angle at the limit of the zone in a series of small tubercles. The rest of the surface shows feeble growth lines. At the base of the body whorl there is a very feeble granular row bordering the umbilical region. The aperture is subquadrangular. The broad columella is feebly arcuate and ends with a blunt tooth. The outer lip is thin.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in European waters at bathyal depths (861 m to 1385 m) off the Azores.
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