Bathybela

Bathybela is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1] It has four described species.

Bathybela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Bathybela Kobelt, 1905
Type species
Thesbia nudator Locard, 1897
Species
See text

Species

Species within the genus Bathybela include:

• Bathybela nudator (Locard, 1897)[2]
• Bathybela papyracea Waren & Bouchet, 2001[3]
• Bathybela tenelluna (Locard, 1897)[4]

Species brought in to synonymy

• Bathybela costlowi Petuch, 1974: synonym of Bathybela tenelluna (Locard, 1897)
• Bathybela oculifera Kantor, Yu.I. & A.V. Sysoev, 1986: synonym of Gymnobela oculifera Kantor, Yu.I. & A.V. Sysoev, 1986
• Bathybela tenellunum:[5] synonym of Bathybela tenelluna (Locard, 1897)

References

1. Bathybela Kobelt, 1905. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
2. Bathybela nudator (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
3. Bathybela papyracea Waren & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
4. Bathybela tenelluna (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
5. Bathybela tenellunum . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

External links

• Dall W.H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 54: 313-333
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae