Bathybembix bairdii

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]

Bathybembix bairdii
Apertural view of shell of Bathybembix bairdii (Dall, 1889) with operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Eucyclidae
Genus:	Bathybembix
Species:	B. bairdii
Binomial name
Bathybembix bairdii Dall, 1889
Synonyms
Solariella oxybasis Dall, 1890 Turcicula bairdii Dall, 1889 (original combination)

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.