Bathymophila
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range =
| image = Bathymophila micans 001.jpg
| image_caption = Bathymophila micans shell
| taxon = Bathymophila
| authority = Dall, 1881Dall (1881). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 9: 102.
| type_species = Margarites euspira
| type_species_authority = Dall, 1881
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms =
- Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908
- Margarita (Bathymophila) Dall, 1881 (original rank)
- Solariella (Ethaliopsis) Schepman, 1908
}}
Bathymophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.{{WRMS species|391533|Bathymophila ||22 May 2012}}
Previously Bathymophila was brought under the subfamily Margaritinae, because of the resemblance of its shell with Margarites Gray, 1847
Description
The shell has a broad flattened columella, which has a blunt tooth, rough or granulated, at its end.[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
Species
Species within the genus Bathymophila include:
- Bathymophila aages Vilvens, 2009{{WRMS species|458561|Bathymophila aages Vilvens, 2009||22 April 2010}}
- Bathymophila alabida (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
- Bathymophila asphala Marshall, 1999{{WRMS species|457851|Bathymophila asphala Marshall, 1999||22 April 2010}}
- Bathymophila bairdii (Dall, 1889)
- Bathymophila callomphala (Schepman, 1908)Bouchet, P. (2010). Bathymophila callomphala (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547333 on 2011-03-22
- Bathymophila dawsoni (B. A. Marshall, 1979)
- Bathymophila diadema (B. A. Marshall, 1999)
- Bathymophila euspira (Dall, 1881)
- Bathymophila gravida Marshall, 1999{{WRMS species|457852|Bathymophila gravida Marshall, 1999||22 April 2010}}
- Bathymophila micans (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896) Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896, Dragages effectue par l'Hirondelle et la Princess Alice. 479-480, pl.20, figs.13,14; Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France v. 9
- Bathymophila valentia Marshall, 1999{{WRMS species|457853|Bathymophila valentia Marshall, 1999||22 April 2010}}
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Bathymophila nitens (Dall, 1881):Dall 1881, Preliminary Report of dredgings by USS Blake 44, 102; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College v. 9 p. 1-144 synonym of Bathymophila euspira (Dall, 1881)
- Bathymophila tenorioi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:{{WRMS species|396451|Bathymophila tenorioi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006||22 April 2010}} synonym of Arxellia tenorioi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) (original combination)
References
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