Bathymophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Previously Bathymophila was brought under the subfamily Margaritinae, because of the resemblance of its shell with Margarites <small>Gray, 1847</small>
Description
The shell has a broad flattened columella, which has a blunt tooth, rough or granulated, at its end.
Species
Species within the genus Bathymophila include:
- Bathymophila aages <small>Vilvens, 2009</small>
- Bathymophila alabida <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1979)</small>
- Bathymophila asphala <small>Marshall, 1999</small>
- Bathymophila bairdii <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Bathymophila callomphala <small>(Schepman, 1908)</small>
- Bathymophila dawsoni <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1979)</small>
- Bathymophila diadema <small>(B. A. Marshall, 1999)</small>
- Bathymophila euspira <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Bathymophila gravida <small>Marshall, 1999</small>
- Bathymophila micans <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)</small>
- Bathymophila valentia <small>Marshall, 1999</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Bathymophila nitens <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>: synonym of Bathymophila euspira (Dall, 1881)
- Bathymophila tenorioi <small>Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006</small>: synonym of Arxellia tenorioi <small>(Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)</small> (original combination)
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