Bathythala kremerae

Bathythala kremerae
Shell of Bathythala kremerae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Bathythala
Species:
B. kremerae
Binomial name
Bathythala kremerae
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nodicostellaria kremerae Petuch, 1987 superseded combination
  • Vexillum (Nodicostellaria) kremerae (Petuch, 1987)

Bathythala kremerae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

Original description: "General shell form and sculpture as for genus; shoulder angled; spiral and axial cords large, with intersections producing uniform beaded surface; color pale tan with darker tan cloudings; interior of aperture pale tan."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Puerto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula, Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Bathythala kremerae (Petuch, 1987). 4 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 107. Publ: CERF
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 107. Publ: CERF
  • Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M.; Ratti, C.; Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R.; Zvonareva, S.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992.