| Iheyaspira bathycodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Iheyaspira |
| Species: | I. bathycodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Iheyaspira bathycodon Nye, Copley, Linse & Plouviez, 2013 [1] | |
Iheyaspira bathycodon is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae. [2]
This species occurs off the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman spreading center, in the Caribbean Sea, at a depth of 2,300 m. [1]
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