Bathybela tenelluna

Bathybela tenelluna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Bathybela tenelluna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Bathybela
Species:
B. tenelluna
Binomial name
Bathybela tenelluna
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bathybela tenellunum [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Gymnobela tenelluna (Locard, 1897)
  • Gymnobela tenellunum [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Pleurotoma tenellunum Locard, 1897 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomella costlowi Petuch, 1974

Description

The shell attains a length of 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara, the Azores and North Carolina, USA

References
  1. Bathybela tenelluna (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897, p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18]
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
  • Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 8: 1-119
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • Lectotype at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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