Bathybembix humboldti

Bathybembix humboldti, common name Humboldt's margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[2]

Bathybembix humboldti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Eucyclidae
Genus: Bathybembix
Species:
B. humboldti
Binomial name
Bathybembix humboldti
Rehder, 1971[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile.

References

  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Bathybembix humboldti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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