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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Bathybembix drakei Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
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