Bathybembix drakei

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

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

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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