Bathysciadiidae Explained

Bathysciadiidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cocculiniformia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).^[1]

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Bathysciadiidae include:

• Bathyaltum Haszprunar, 2011
• Bathypelta Moskalev, 1971
• Bathysciadium Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1900 - type genus of the family Bathysciadiidae
• Bonus Moskalev, 1973^{[2] [3]}
  • Bonus petrochenckoi Moskalev, 1973^[4]
• Pilus Warén, 1991
• Xenodonta Warén, 1993^{[5] [6]}

References

• Hartmann H., Hess M. & Haszprunar G. (2011) Interactive 3D anatomy and affinities of Bathysciadiidae (Gastropoda, Cocculinoidea): Deep-sea limpets feeding on decaying cephalopod beaks. Journal of Morphology 272: 259-279

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bathysciadiidae Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22992 on 2020-08-25
2. Moskalev (1973). Zool.Zh. 52: 1301.
3. Bouchet, P. (2010). Bonus Moskalev, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556947 on 2011-06-07
4. Bouchet, P. (2010). Bonus petrochenkoi Moskalev, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556948 on 2011-06-07
5. Warén A. (1993). "New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 2." Sarsia 78(3-4): 159-201. page 183.
6. WoRMS (2010). Xenodonta Warén, 1993. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137693 on 2011-06-07