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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Bathymophila (Genus)
> gravida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908
=Margarita (Bathymophila) Dall, 1881
=Solariella (Ethaliopsis) Schepman, 1908
Images: Bathymophila gravida B.A. Marshall, 1999
Collected in 1000 metres, NW of Cape Reinga, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 1000 metres, NW of Cape Reinga, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 1000 metres, NW of Cape Reinga, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Bathymophila (Genus)
> gravida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ethaliopsis Schepman, 1908
=Margarita (Bathymophila) Dall, 1881
=Solariella (Ethaliopsis) Schepman, 1908
Details: Bathymophila gravida B.A. Marshall, 1999
Size/Grows to:
Width 16mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, Reinga Ridge, Three Kings Rise, north-eastern North Island (off Mercury Islands) and Kermadec Ridge, from 800-1570m
Type Data:
  • 1560-1570 metres, northern Three Kings Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1130-1150 metres, northern Three Kings Rise, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 1210-1390 metres, northern Three Kings Rise, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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.20) 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
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