Agathotoma quadriseriata

Agathotoma quadriseriata
Original image of a shell of Agathotoma quadriseriata
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. quadriseriata
Binomial name
Agathotoma quadriseriata
(Dall W.H., 1919)
Synonyms[1]

Cytharella quadriseriata Dall, 1919

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) The small, stout shell is blunt and white, featuring a brown peripheral band and another band at the base. The protoconch is small and blunt, initially smooth and then spirally striated, comprising about 2 whorls , followed by five subsequent whorls in the teleoconch.

The axial sculpture includes eight rounded ribs, partly continuous up the spire, creating an undulating suture with subequal interspaces. Faint growth lines cross the transverse sculpture. The spiral ornamentation consists of almost microscopically fine threads uniformly spread over the shell, with wider flat interspaces.

The aperture is short and wide, lacking a differentiated siphonal canal. The anal sulcus is conspicuous. The outer lip is thickened and smooth inside. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Gulf of California to Acapulco, Mexico; also in Costa Rica and Panama. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Agathotoma quadriseriata (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Gbif.org: Agathotoma quadriseriata - occurrence
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