Bathyphytophilus caribaeus

Bathyphytophilus caribaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Bathyphytophilidae
Genus: Bathyphytophilus
Species: B. caribaeus
Binomial name
Bathyphytophilus caribaeus
Moskalev, 1978

Bathyphytophilus caribaeus is a species of very small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bathyphytophilidae, the false limpets.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 2.8 mm.

Distribution

This is a deep-water species occurring in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bathyphytophilus caribaeus Moskalev, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532435 on 2013-02-02

External links

External identifiers for Bathyphytophilus caribaeus
Encyclopedia of Life 19660427
WoRMS 532435


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