Bathyxylophila peroniana

Bathyxylophila peroniana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Larocheidae.[2]

Bathyxylophila peroniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Scissurelloidea
Family: Larocheidae
Genus: Bathyxylophila
Species:
B. peroniana
Binomial name
Bathyxylophila peroniana
B.A. Marshall, 1988[1]

Description

The height of the shell reaches 1.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the bathyal zone off New South Wales, Australia.

References

  • Marshall B.A. 1988. Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History, 22(4): 949-1004


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