Bathybembix bairdii (Dall 1889)

Bathybembix bairdii, common name Baird's top shell, is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eucyclidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 50 mm.

Apertural view of shell of Bathybembix bairdii (Dall, 1889)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to Chile at depths between 300 m and 1500 m.

References

• McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1–160
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 60