Bathyxylophila pusilla

Bathyxylophila pusilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Larocheidae.[1]

Bathyxylophila pusilla
Shell of Bathyxylophila pusilla (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Larocheidae
Genus: Bathyxylophila
Species:
B. pusilla
Binomial name
Bathyxylophila pusilla
B. A. Marshall, 1988

Distribution

This species occurs in the bathyal zone off New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bathyxylophila pusilla. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598287 on 2012-09-01


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