Bathyphytophilus caribaeus

Bathyphytophilus caribaeus is a species of very small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bathyphytophilidae, the false limpets.[1]

Bathyphytophilus caribaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Bathyphytophilidae
Genus: Bathyphytophilus
Species:
B. caribaeus
Binomial name
Bathyphytophilus caribaeus
Moskalev, 1978

Distribution

This is a deep-water species occurring in the Caribbean Sea.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.8 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2450 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 6740 m.[2]

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bathyphytophilus caribaeus Moskalev, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532435 on 2013-02-02
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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