Bathyxylophila iota

Bathyxylophila iota is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Larocheidae[1]

Bathyxylophila iota
Shell of Bathyxylophila iota (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Larocheidae
Genus: Bathyxylophila
Species:
B. iota
Binomial name
Bathyxylophila iota
B. A. Marshall, 1988

Distribution

This species occurs in the bathyal zone off New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Bathyxylophila iota B. A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598286 on 2012-09-01


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