Bathycrinicola tumidula explained

Bathycrinicola tumidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Distribution

This species is distributed within Antarctica waters, these include the Weddell Sea, Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea. Bathycrinicola tumidula is also notable for inhabiting McMurdo Sound, near McMurdo Station, Ross Island here, scientists who inhabit the American station throughout the summer months can observe this species carefully.

Notes and References

1. Thiele, 1912. Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE), available online at http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/BAS_Science/programmes2000-2005/ABPPF/SOMBASE . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711575 on 2013-02-21.
2. SCHIAPARELLI S., GHIRARDO C., BOHN J., CHIANTORE M., ALBERTELLI G., CATTANEO-VIETTI R. (2007). Antarctic associations: the parasitic relationship between the gastropod Bathycrinicola tumidula (Thiele, 1912) (Ptenoglossa: Eulimidae) and the comatulid Notocrinus virilis Mortensen, 1917 (Crinoidea: Notocrinidae) in the Ross Sea. POLAR BIOLOGY, vol. 30(12), p. 1545-1555,,
3. Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
4. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.