Bathyhedyle
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
| Subterclass: | Tectipleura |
| Superorder: | Acochlidiimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acochlidioidea |
| Family: | Bathyhedylidae Neusser, Jörger, Lodde-Bensch, E. E. Strong & Schrödl, 2016 |
| Genus: | Bathyhedyle Neusser, Jörger, Lodde-Bensch, E. E. Strong & Schrödl, 2016 |
| Species: | B. boucheti
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathyhedyle boucheti Neusser, Jörger, Lodde-Bensch, E. E. Strong & 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 species in the genus Bathyhedyle and family Bathyhedylidae. Its radular formula is 1.1.2.