Bathyacmaea is a genus of deep-sea limpet, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pectinodontidae. Species in this genus inhabit the dark, chemosynthesis-based marine communities of ocean vents and cold seeps near Japan.
Species
Species within the genus Bathyacmaea include:
- Bathyacmaea becki <small>S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2017</small>
- Bathyacmaea jonassoni <small>Beck, 1996</small>
- Bathyacmaea kanesunosensis <small>(Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003)</small>
- â Bathyacmaea kimberleyae <small>(Saether, C. Little, B. A. Marshall & K. C. Campbell, 2012)</small>
- Bathyacmaea lactea <small>S. Q. Zhang, J. L. Zhang & S. P. Zhang, 2016</small>
- Bathyacmaea nadinae <small>L. Beck, 2023</small>
- Bathyacmaea nipponica <small>Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992</small>
- Bathyacmaea subnipponica <small>Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003</small>
Synonyms:
- Bathyacmaea austrina <small>S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020</small> synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica <small>Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Bathyacmaea brevidentata <small>S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020</small>: synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica <small>Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Bathyacmaea secunda <small>Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993</small>: synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica <small>Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992</small>
- Bathyacmaea tertia <small>Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003</small>: synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica <small>Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992</small>
References
- Chen C. & Sigwart J.D., 2023. - The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. Zootaxa 5270(3): 401-436