Bathyacmaea is a genus of deep-sea limpet, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pectinodontidae. Species in this genus inhabit the dark, chemosynthesis-based marine communities of ocean vents and cold seeps near Japan.
Species Species within the genus Bathyacmaea include:Bouchet, P. (2013). Bathyacmaea Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391494 on 2013-09-26 Bathyacmaea becki S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2017 Bathyacmaea jonassoni Beck, 1996 Bathyacmaea kanesunosensis (Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003) † Bathyacmaea kimberleyae (Saether, C. Little, B. A. Marshall & K. C. Campbell, 2012) Bathyacmaea lactea S. Q. Zhang, J. L. Zhang & S. P. Zhang, 2016 Bathyacmaea nadinae L. Beck, 2023 Bathyacmaea nipponica Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 Bathyacmaea subnipponica Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
Synonyms Bathyacmaea austrina S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020 synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 (junior subjective synonym) Bathyacmaea brevidentata S.-Q. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020: synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 (junior subjective synonym) Bathyacmaea secunda Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993: synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 Bathyacmaea tertia Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003: synonym of Bathyacmaea nipponica Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992
References
Chen C. & Sigwart J.D., 2023. - The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. Zootaxa 5270(3): 401-436