Bathybela papyracea

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

Bathybela papyracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Bathybela
Species:
B. papyracea
Binomial name
Bathybela papyracea
Waren & Bouchet, 2001

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs at seeps in the Mid America Trench at a depth of 3,660 m.

References

  • Warèn, A. & Bouchet, P., 2001. Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116-231


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