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_ref =

| 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:

;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)

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