Agathotoma stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Agathotoma stellata | |
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| Shell of Agathotoma stellata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Denmark) | |
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. stellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Agathotoma stellata (Mörch, 1860)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The orange shell is elongated with a spire that surpasses the aperture. The surface is finely striated spirally and ribbed longitudinally, with 6-7 continuous, compressed, arched, and sharp ribs on the body whorl. These ribs are transparent and create hollow spaces. The outer lip is thickened and externally flat, with a posterior section that is thickened and sinuous. The columella is covered with a fine callus. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs from Baja Californica, Mexico, to Nicaragua and Panama and further south to Peru.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Agathotoma stellata (Mörch, 1860). 7 August 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 7: 66–106.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The Festivus v. 28 (1996)
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.