Akritogyra conspicua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Akritogyra conspicua
Shell of Akritogyra conspicua (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Genus: Akritogyra
Species:
A. conspicua
Binomial name
Akritogyra conspicua
(Monterosato, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema conspicuum Monterosato, 1880 (original combination)
  • Cyclostrema valvatoides Di Geronimo & Bellagamba 1986
  • Tubiola (Tubiola) conspicua Schirò 1971

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 2 mm; average diameter 1.4 mm.

(Original description in Italian by Monterosato) This species is similar in shape and size to Cyclostrema basistriatum Jeffreys, 1877 (synonym of Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877) ) which is Norwegian, but the shell is completely smooth instead of striated and with deeper suture. [1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in deep waters in Central and Western Mediterranean Sea, at depths between 100 m and 2400 m. [3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Monterosato, T.A. di (1880). "Conchiglie della zona degli abissi". Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 6 (1–4): 50–82. Retrieved 3 July 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Akritogyra conspicua (Monterosato, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 March 2013.
  3. ^ Akritogyra, conspicua. "Akritogyra conspicua". Gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  • Sysoev, A.V. (2014). "Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda". Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 134–155.
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