Bathybela tenelluna

Bathybela tenelluna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Bathybela
Species:	B. tenelluna
Binomial name
	Bathybela tenelluna; (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
	Bathybela tenellunum [sic] (incorrect gender ending); Gymnobela tenelluna (Locard, 1897); Gymnobela tenellunum [sic] (incorrect gender ending); Pleurotoma tenellunum Locard, 1897 (original combination); Pleurotomella costlowi Petuch, 1974;

Bathybela tenelluna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description[]

The shell attains a length of 55 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara, the Azores and North Carolina, USA

Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897, p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18]
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 8: 1-119
Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155

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