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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]
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| Apertural view of shell of Bathybembix bairdii (Dall, 1889) with operculum | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | B. bairdii |
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| Bathybembix bairdii Dall, 1889 | |
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The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 50 mm.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to Chile at depths between 300 m and 1500 m.
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