Global InformationBathyhedyle boucheti information
| Bathyhedyle boucheti Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Acochlidiacea |
| Superfamily: | Acochlidioidea
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| Family: | Bathyhedylidae Neusser, Jörger, Lodde-Bensch, Strong, and Schrödl
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| Genus: | Bathyhedyle
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| Species: | B. boucheti
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| Bathyhedyle boucheti Neusser, Jörger, Lodde-Bensch, Strong, and Schrödl, 2016
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Bathyhedyle boucheti is a species of panpulmonate slug, a deep-sea dwelling gastropod native to the continental slope off the coast of Mozambique. It is the first ever such panpulmonate slug to be discovered at such depths. It is the only known member of its family group. Its radular formula is 1.1.2.[1]
- ^ Timea P. Neusser; Katharina M. Jörger; Eva Lodde-Bensch; Ellen E. Strong; Michael Schrödl (6 December 2016). "The unique deep sea—land connection: interactive 3D visualization and molecular phylogeny of Bathyhedyle boucheti n. sp. (Bathyhedylidae n. fam.)—the first panpulmonate slug from bathyal zones". PeerJ. 4: e2738. doi:10.7717/peerj.2738. PMC 5144724. PMID 27957391.