Bathybembix humboldti
| Bathybembix humboldti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Calliotropidae |
| Genus: | Bathybembix |
| Species: | B. humboldti
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathybembix humboldti Rehder, 1971[1]
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Bathybembix humboldti, common name Humboldt's margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 55 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Chile.
References
- ^ Rehder H.A. (1971) A molluscan faunule from 200 meters off Valparaiso, Chile, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83: 585-596. (9 February 1971). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Bathybembix humboldti Rehder, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512108 on 2013-04-14
External links
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Bathybembix humboldti