Biology:Acremodonta

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Acremodonta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Ataphridae
Genus: Acremodonta
B. A. Marshall, 1983 [1]
Type species
Thoristella crassicosta
Powell, 1937

Acremodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ataphridae.[2]

The radula of species in this genus have very long and narrow teeth and dendritic cusps that are repeatedly divided.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Acremodonta include:

References

  1. Marshall 1983 Record natn. Mus. N.Z. 2 (10): 127.
  2. Trochaclis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2012.
  3. Robert Robertson, The Edible West Indian "Whelk" Cittarium pica (Gastropoda: Trochidae): Natural History with New Observations, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 153, Dec., 2003

Wikidata ☰ Q4675082 entry