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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Bathymophila (Genus)
> episcopalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908
=Margarita (Bathymophila) Dall, 1881
=Solariella (Ethaliopsis) Schepman, 1908
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia episcopalis B.A. Marshall, 1999
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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Bathymophila (Genus)
> episcopalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908
=Margarita (Bathymophila) Dall, 1881
=Solariella (Ethaliopsis) Schepman, 1908
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia episcopalis B.A. Marshall, 1999
Details: Bathymophila episcopalis (B.A. Marshall, 1999)
Size/Grows to:
Width 10.6mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 196-805m
Type Data:
  • 185-200 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 430 metres, SW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 440 metres, SW of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.29) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil