Bathymophila asphala

Bathymophila asphala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Bathymophila
Species: B. asphala
Binomial name
Bathymophila asphala
Marshall, 1999[1]

Bathymophila asphala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[2]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 8.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Norfolk Island and the Three Kings Islands at depths between 326 m and 757 m.

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