Agathotoma castellata

Agathotoma castellata
Shell of Agathotoma castellata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. castellata
Binomial name
Agathotoma castellata
(E. A. Smith, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agathotoma costellata Smith, E.A., 1888 (lapsus)
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) castellata E. A. Smith, 1888 (original combination)
  • Pseudorhaphitoma castellata (E. A. Smith, 1888)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6+1⁄2 mm, its diameter 2+1⁄2 mm.

(Original description) The white, oblong, turreted shell has 6 to 7 whorls, including two in the protoconch. This shell is elegantly formed, with whorls that are narrower at the base than above, giving it a turreted appearance. The prominent plicate ribs are particularly notable, with the penultimate rib on the body whorl significantly distant from the rib that forms the outer lip. The ribs are slightly extended at the upper end, giving the whorls a castellated appearance, and they are continuous up the spire in all four examples examined. The aperture is narrow, and the siphonal canal is short and truncate. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe, Aruba; Curaçao and Venezuela; also off the Bahamas at depths between 3 and 21 m.; also off Brazil. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Agathotoma castellata (E. A. Smith, 1888). 7 August 2011. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Smith, E. A. (1888). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6th ser. v.2. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Gbif.org: Agathotoma castellata - occurrence
  • 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
  • "Agathotoma castellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa. 682:1-1295.
  • MNHN, Paris: Agathotoma castellata