Agathotoma apocrypha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Agathotoma apocrypha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. apocrypha
Binomial name
Agathotoma apocrypha
(García, 2008)
Synonyms[1]

Suturocythara apocrypha Garcia, 2008 (original combination)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico and Guadeloupe. [2]

References

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  • García E.F. 2008. Eight new molluscan species (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the western Atlantic, with description of two new genera. Novapex 9(1): 1-15
  • Rolán E., Fernández-Garcés E. & Redfern C. (2012) New records and description of four new species of the genus Agathotoma (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) in the Caribbean. Novapex 13(2): 45-62
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