Amaea optata

Amaea optata
Shell of Amaea optata (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Amaea
Species:
A. optata
Binomial name
Amaea optata
(Jousseaume, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epitonium optatum (Jousseaume, 1912)
  • Tenuiscala optata Jousseaume, 1912 ·

Amaea optata is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) A small, imperforate, solid, whitish shell with an elongate-conical shape, latticed by numerous small varices and delicate thread-like striations. It features 8 convex whorls that descend gradually and evenly. The first three whorls are smooth, while the subsequent ones are adorned with numerous, slightly arched varices, elegantly striated between them. The aperture is rounded, with barely noticeable angulation at the front and back, and the peristome is relatively thick, nearly interrupted at the base of the penultimate whorl.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Aden[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Amaea optata (Jousseaume, 1912)). 6 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Jousseaume, F. (1912). "Faune malacologique de la Mer Rouge. Scalidae". Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 24 (3–4): 225. Retrieved 6 October 2024.