Bathymophila valentia

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

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

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 8.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Three Kings Rise at depths between 1210 m and 1570 m.

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