Biology:Aphanitoma

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Aphanitoma
Aphanitoma locardi 001.jpg
Shell of Aphanitoma locardi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Aphanitoma
Bellardi, 1875

Aphanitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The shell has a fusiform shape. The sinus is scarcely apparent. The biplicate columella is nearly straight. The canal is rather short and slightly curved.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Aphanitoma include:

  • Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906
  • Aphanitoma mariottinii Smriglio, Rufini & Martin Perez, 2001
  • Aphanitoma targioniana (D'Ancona, 1873) : a little known species from the bathyal malacofauna of the upper Pliocene from Romagna (N-Italy) [3]

References

  • Bellardi (1875), Bullettino della Societa malacologica italiana p. 22

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9625780 entry