Agathotoma camarina
| Agathotoma camarina | |
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| Original image of a shell of Agathotoma camarina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Agathotoma |
| Species: | A. camarina
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| Binomial name | |
| Agathotoma camarina (Dall W.H., 1919)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cytharella (Agathoma) camarina Dall, 1919 | |
Agathotoma camarina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
(Original description) The small, white shell has a hexagonal shape. The blunt, glassy protoconch consists of approximately 1+1⁄2 whorls. The teleoconch includes about five additional whorls.
Under a hand lens, the surface appears smooth, lacking visible spiral sculpture. The axial sculpture features six strong, rounded ribs that run the entire length of the shell and are continuous over the spire. The suture is distinct. The aperture is narrow with a relatively large, rounded anal sulcus. The outer lip is thickened and lacks internal liration. The inner lip is simple and not callous. The columella is short, and the siphonal canal is hardly differentiated. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galápagos Islands; also off Mexico and Panama. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Agathotoma camarina (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
- ^ Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Gbif.org: Agathotoma camarina - occurrence
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
External links
[edit]- "Agathotoma camarina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.