Bathybela nudator

Bathybela nudator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Bathybela nudator
Original image of a shell of Bathybela nudator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Bathybela
Species:
B. nudator
Binomial name
Bathybela nudator
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gymnobela nudator (Locard, 1897)
  • Thesbia nudator Locard, 1897

Description

The average length of the shell measures 50 mm and its diameter 17 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

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References

  • Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1980. Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies: 1-119, sér. Suppl.8
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
  • Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo.
  • Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls
  • MNHN, Paris : image
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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